#  @RachelXhemajli Rachel Xhemajli Rachel Xhemajli posts on X about books, in the, ai, if you the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::1851822217023082496/interactions)  - [--] Week [------] +57% - [--] Month [-------] -84% - [--] Months [----------] +148,408% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1851822217023082496/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +42% - [--] Month [--] +46% - [--] Months [---] +1,094% ### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::1851822217023082496/followers)  - [--] Week [-----] +5.10% - [--] Month [-----] +22% - [--] Months [-----] +1,841% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::1851822217023082496/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [countries](/list/countries) [finance](/list/finance) [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [ncaa football](/list/ncaa-football) [stocks](/list/stocks) **Social topic influence** [books](/topic/books) #2490, [in the](/topic/in-the), [ai](/topic/ai), [if you](/topic/if-you), [the world](/topic/the-world), [god](/topic/god), [soul](/topic/soul), [to the](/topic/to-the), [we are](/topic/we-are), [paul](/topic/paul) **Top assets mentioned** [Noble Corporation (NE)](/topic/$ne) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Something to think about on GPT-5's day of birth: "A man after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life will have left only the hard clean questions: Was it good or was it evil Have I done well or ill - John Steinbeck East of Eden #AI #GPT5" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXhemajli/status/1953607098828566592) 2025-08-08T00:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@sama Something to consider alongside the AI and GPT-5 wildfire: "A man after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life will have left only the hard clean questions: Was it good or was it evil Have I done well or ill - John Steinbeck East of Eden" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXhemajli/status/1954298459286020168) 2025-08-09T21:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "The Cricket in Times Square Caddie Woodlawn Where the Red Fern Grows AVI's Poppy series. so many wonderful children's books. My daughter is almost eight We have read: Ready player one Enders Game Wizard of Oz The Hobbit Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Hatchet True confessions of Charlotte Doyle The Castle in the Attic Battle for the Castle The Neverending Story The Lion the witch and the Wardrobe The My daughter is almost eight We have read: Ready player one Enders Game Wizard of Oz The Hobbit Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Hatchet True confessions of Charlotte Doyle The Castle in the Attic" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXhemajli/status/1955649112311017822) 2025-08-13T15:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "And The Prince Warriors series" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXhemajli/status/1955652602789593509) 2025-08-13T15:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon Englands mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God On Englands pleasant pastures seen And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills Bring me my Bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold Bring me my Chariot of fire I will not cease from Mental Fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem In Englands green & pleasant Land. Blake's Jerusalem ❤" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXhemajli/status/1955815278513660167) 2025-08-14T02:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "In the midst of the dark corruption and unimaginable filth of the Industrial Era Blake wrote "Jerusalem." ❤ "And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon Englands mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God On Englands pleasant pastures seen And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills Bring me my Bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold Bring me my Chariot of fire I will not cease from Mental Fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXhemajli/status/1955816597035344207) 2025-08-14T02:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "In a world of "normal" people she's exceptional. My daughter is [--] years old. Last year she came home from school almost every day with tears in her eyes. Not because of a bad grade not because of a failed test But because a group of classmates had decided that loving crochet and handmade things wasnt normal. They gave https://t.co/0NfbdLUNhn My daughter is [--] years old. Last year she came home from school almost every day with tears in her eyes. Not because of a bad grade not because of a failed test But because a group of classmates had decided that loving crochet and handmade things wasnt" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXhemajli/status/1956924602254291281) 2025-08-17T03:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements ""I have seen the insect being come to its full size languish and refuse to eat: it spun itself a tomb and was shrouded in the silken cone; it lay without feet or shape or power to move I looked again it had burst its tomb; it was full of life and sailed on coloured wings through the soft air; it rejoiced in its new being. Thus shall it be with thee O man and so shall thy life be renewed. Beauty shall spring up out of ashes and life out of the dust. A little while shalt thou lie in the ground as the seed lieth in the bosom of the earth: but thou shalt be raised again; and if thou art good thou" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXhemajli/status/1957535934632849547) 2025-08-18T20:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements ""Who is he that cometh to burst open the prison doors of the tomb; to bid the dead awake and to gather his redeemed from the four winds of heaven He descendeth on a fiery cloud; the sound of a trumpet goeth before him; thousands of angels are on his right hand. It is Jesus the Son of God; the saviour of men; the friend of the good. He cometh in the glory of his Father; he hath received power from on high. Mourn not therefore child of immortality for the spoiler the cruel spoiler that laid waste the works of God is subdued: Jesus hath conquered death: child of immortality mourn no longer."" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXhemajli/status/1957535939208601610) 2025-08-18T20:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@LadyofKyria Looks amazing. In Albania they drink peach juice which is as delicious as it sounds. America needs to broaden its juice horizons (beyond apple and orange)" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXhemajli/status/1960771748556890534) 2025-08-27T18:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements ""What will you gain if you own the whole world but destroy yourself What would you give to get back your soul" - Matthew 16:26 CEV #AnEmpireOfDirt Image: Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Tower of Babel 1563" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964823232105615416) 2025-09-07T22:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@archi_tradition Albania" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1965190828957352102) 2025-09-08T23:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements ""Non nobis solum nati sumus." Not for ourselves alone are we born. - Cicero De Officiis [----]. Image: Paul Seignac Helping Hands" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1965198135879196699) 2025-09-08T23:38Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements "This week has pushed me to rethink how I do life. To protect and prioritize truth and the things that really matter. So today I'm drinking lattes reading Jane Austen and watching LOTR with my daughter. Because life is too short. And God is still good. #CharlieKirk #Truth #God #Family #JaneAusten #LOTR" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1966615956504936916) 2025-09-12T21:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "This week has pushed me to rethink how I do life. To protect and prioritize Truth and the things that really matter. So today I'm drinking lattes reading Jane Austen and watching LOTR with my daughter. Because life is too short. And God is still good. #CharlieKirk #Truth #God #Family #JaneAusten #LOTR" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1966617012354117707) 2025-09-12T21:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "I used the word "totally" too many times today and unwittingly unleashed the kraken. My daughter: "Mom STOP YOURSELF. Do you know how many times I have to hear the word "like" every day People use so many extra words that by the time they get to their point I'm no longer intrigued." Me:" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1967622857535471692) 2025-09-15T16:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@rompolyglot I like this strategy. Will report back" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1968879088266780751) 2025-09-19T03:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@RealCandaceO "I forgive him." Enough said. May God bless her" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1969980797919564184) 2025-09-22T04:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "I want to be like Jesus: full of Grace and Truth. "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory the glory of the one and only Son who came from the Father full of grace and truth. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." - John 1:14 [--] Image: Caravaggio Supper at Emmaus 1601" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1972768591830192274) 2025-09-29T21:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "I love because He first loved me. I serve because He first served me. "But as for me and my house we will serve the LORD." - Joshua 24:15 Ford Madox Brown Jesus Washes Peter's Feet 1857-58" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1972780577515606042) 2025-09-29T21:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Say hello to "October." Beautiful isn't it - James Tissot October [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974921961458561472 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974921961458561472" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974921961458561472) 2025-10-05T19:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Cultivate a reading culture in your home. "If we encountered a man of rare intellect we should ask him what books he read. We expect a great man to be a good reader." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Quotation and Originality" 1876" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1977172553228530096) 2025-10-12T00:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@CatholicusRoma1 Agreed" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1979290929929331181) 2025-10-17T20:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "An excellent Boy Books list (almost all feature exclusively male protagonists): [--] ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS [--]. Treasure Island [--]. [-----] Leagues Under the Sea [--]. The Wind in the Willows [--]. Journey to the Center of the Earth [--]. King Arthur (Pyle) [--]. Around the World in [--] Days [--]. The Hobbit [--]. Robinson Crusoe [--]. Call of the Wild [--]. The Hardy Boys Series [--]. https://t.co/61Ob9xtB8F [--] ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS [--]. Treasure Island [--]. [-----] Leagues Under the Sea [--]. The Wind in the Willows [--]. Journey to the Center of the Earth [--]. King Arthur (Pyle) [--]. Around the World in [--] Days [--]. The Hobbit 8." [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979649593295184249) 2025-10-18T20:43Z [----] followers, 40.9K engagements "My father read these to me every night. I spent my childhood pretending to be in Camelot and today I'm a doctoral researcher studying eighteenth-century manuscripts. I now read to my own children every night. Build a legacy of great books. It makes a difference. I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/TxSM18mMVr I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/TxSM18mMVr" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980769375188840847) 2025-10-21T22:53Z [----] followers, 90K engagements "@DylanoA4 @mostly_rts These types of exchanges are why the internet should exist" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1981195051742220602) 2025-10-23T03:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "OpenAI will integrate an assistant into ChatGPT that can control your apps and independently perform tasks. Someone thought it'd be cute to name it Sky. As in Network. Cue Terminator. "Sky understands whats on your screen and can take action using your apps." https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-software-applications-incorporated/ https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-software-applications-incorporated/" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1981461779344499065) 2025-10-23T20:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "We've reached the point where I get excited to find errors in student essays. At least they tried. And those students I always go out of my way to encourage. The rampant use of AI has robbed so many of the thrill of growing pains and the satisfaction of a job well done. @decadentquill Good thoughts Grusha. These days I'm happy even to see folks writing badly as it means they're making an earnest effort to think and communicate. @decadentquill Good thoughts Grusha. These days I'm happy even to see folks writing badly as it means they're making an earnest effort to think and communicate" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982961513548919035) 2025-10-28T00:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Am I the only one who doesn't "arrange" their bookshelves Every single shelf is maxed out. Every single book is squeezed in stacked high and fighting for its life. While everyone else arranges their shelves by color genre or author arrange yours chronologically. https://t.co/6XTVVBjHJu https://t.co/br4E3G8Kc1 While everyone else arranges their shelves by color genre or author arrange yours chronologically. https://t.co/6XTVVBjHJu https://t.co/br4E3G8Kc1" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983603906614890784) 2025-10-29T18:36Z [----] followers, 53.8K engagements "@secretcoran Respect As long as I can pinpoint the general vicinity I'm fine with it. Plus there's something very satisfying about scanning over my books. It's like finding long-lost friends" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983705375187832886) 2025-10-30T01:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Shelley and co were tragically messy - adultery suicide etc. Read Shelley's Ghost (by Hebron and Denlinger)" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1984057195114459251) 2025-10-31T00:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "If a classical education was useful to an apostle it can be useful to you too. Paul quoted the Greek poets Epimenides and Aratus in Acts 17:28: "For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said 'We are his offspring.'" See also Titus 1:12. Reading Holy Scripture bears fruit. Reading the classical pagans bears leaves. Reading the ancient Greeks (Homer Plato etc.) helps prepare the soul for Scripture like leaves help a branch bear fruit. https://t.co/iUNYqPipgR Reading Holy Scripture bears fruit. Reading the classical pagans bears leaves. Reading the ancient" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985730142614819192) 2025-11-04T15:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I'm a little late to this party but I'd like to think that people are still hungry (for good books of course). As a college prof I'm not convinced that [--] books can replace [--] years in any school (despite the current state of higher ed) but here are my recommendations. [--] books that will teach you more than [--] years of university: https://t.co/jrWHTGvTRo [--] books that will teach you more than [--] years of university: https://t.co/jrWHTGvTRo" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986126077765500971) 2025-11-05T17:38Z [----] followers, 210K engagements "@StevenHiller18 Try eBay It's a great book that very clearly explains a tricky topic" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1986300713530507603) 2025-11-06T05:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@HughMarkey1 I remember being a little girl wandering around the stacks and never wanting to leave. Cheers" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1987519056409202818) 2025-11-09T13:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "I see that these are still rolling out so I've decided to pop in and say: This world would be a lovelier place if adults read more children's literature. There are countless others but here are some books that rewire your brain for joy adventure wonder and goodness: This is literally the best book list that rewires your brain for success https://t.co/sLpABcqHj2 This is literally the best book list that rewires your brain for success https://t.co/sLpABcqHj2" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988025146129428907) 2025-11-10T23:25Z [----] followers, 63.8K engagements "I also love reading to my children. I cannot seem to get rid of the books they outgrow. They're so full of memory. Also that is very cool - Book of Virtues is top-notch" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988086720688976031) 2025-11-11T03:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@BIODTLine I have my college students read Shel Silverstein. He's brilliant" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1988290391360340071) 2025-11-11T16:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@SketchesbyBoze 1) Toy Story is fantastic. 2) This post is fantastic" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1988778685457990042) 2025-11-13T01:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "It cannot be November without Anne (of Green Gables of course). This painting makes me think of her. 🎨 Olga Wisinger-Florian Falling Leaves [----]. https://t.co/Q1lKZ046Qe https://t.co/Q1lKZ046Qe" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989048482062315823) 2025-11-13T19:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "As a researcher I study novels that very few have read - novels that AI chatbots know nothing about. So when prompted what do they do Fabricate. I have witnessed them analyze novels that they entirely made up (characters plotlines etc.) and then presented to me as fact. When confronted they admit to making "assumptions" based on a novel title alone. It's simply unacceptable. AI advocates talk about "garbage in garbage out" as if these hiccups and hallucinations are no big deal or as if the users are actually to blame for the program's flaws. And the sad reality is that most people are fine" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989465083466932251) 2025-11-14T22:46Z [----] followers, 73K engagements "It's not uncommon for novelists to write characters and explore themes that are largely opposed to their own beliefs. It's part of experimenting with different ideas and enjoying the many worlds that words can create. With that being said here's a bite-sized overview of literary criticism: New Criticism is a theory that claims we should only be treating literature as literature not as a biographical or historical study (the more traditional way). The idea is that if the novel is successful then the author's thoughts and intentions are irrelevant because the text speaks for itself (through a" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1990497690573242727) 2025-11-17T19:10Z [----] followers, 10.5K engagements "@zenahitz I remember a St. John's lecture on the sundial So much knowledge comes out of that place" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1990537195040747861) 2025-11-17T21:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Black Friday sales have been unleashed. In a frenzy to buy the newest and the best remember that you can gift USED books. because in the book world newest rarely means best. 📖 The definitive English poetry anthology (Quiller-Couch). It's old and it's perfection" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1991621891690561583) 2025-11-20T21:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@ellelledeell @ChrisKindaReads I know that JASNA has a podcast (the amazing Kathryn Sutherland was just on it). They have groups all over the US and Canada and they've been offering free student memberships through December in honor of Jane's birthday. ♥" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1991722186244272346) 2025-11-21T04:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Possibly the most beautifully unhinged lines of poetry ever written: "Let us go then you and I When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table" - T. S. Eliot The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 1915" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1993014296062677430) 2025-11-24T17:50Z [----] followers, 37.3K engagements "Life is short. it's time to get started on Les Misrables already. life is short it's time you got started on The Brothers K already https://t.co/Q6GmNEX0kJ life is short it's time you got started on The Brothers K already https://t.co/Q6GmNEX0kJ" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1993343851340124361) 2025-11-25T15:39Z [----] followers, 17.3K engagements "@megievalist And mud. Always mud" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1993350336283918756) 2025-11-25T16:05Z [----] followers, 20.1K engagements ""Ink is a deadly drug. One wants to write. I cannot shake off the addiction." - C. S. Lewis in a letter to Martyn Skinner [----]. In honor of Lewis's birthday take time to read. But perhaps more importantly. take time to write" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1994823076383522847) 2025-11-29T17:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Enjoy this Christmas season by attending the ballet. and reading the book The Nutcracker was originally a German fairy tale entitled The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Nussknacker und Mauseknig) by E.T.A. Hoffmann (1816). Alexandre Dumas wrote an adaptation in [----] The Tale of the Nutcracker which Tchaikovsky transformed into thebeloved ballet The Nutcracker in [----]. 📷 At a local performance" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1995230174879654241) 2025-11-30T20:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@thesandeep_nair So cool" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1995580910423736751) 2025-12-01T19:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Many children spend hours on mindless video games. How fantastic would it be if we normalized basing games on classic literature Or if video games could actually get children excited about creating the magic of stories themselves Let's bring back things like Storybook Weaver. Books have largely disappeared from kids' movies & television because showrunners fear alienating kids who don't read. But I promise you: if you write beloved books into your shows if your characters read for pleasure there will be young viewers who fall in love with reading. Books have largely disappeared from kids'" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1997064040183456032) 2025-12-05T22:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@arealmofwonder Also known as a "boogle" apparently. I will decidedly be using "whutterick-fuffing."" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1998146858263396444) 2025-12-08T21:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@SketchesbyBoze Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1998564536333512706) 2025-12-10T01:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@ejpreston I make my college students read Austen. While she wrote in a different era it's often her style that students find engaging. There's a timelessness to her work" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1999257111893876752) 2025-12-11T23:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@EmmaRSotomayor Same I've had a lifelong affinity for em dashes. And now. it feels as if I've been robbed" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/1999707771990868313) 2025-12-13T05:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Read fairy tales to your children. From an early age these stories prepare them to face the most essential human struggle: the one between good and evil. Teach them to champion the good. In the words of Walt Disney: "Life is composed of lights and shadows and we would be untruthful insincere and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil." 🎨" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2000683058874499167) 2025-12-15T21:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@thesandeep_nair This is an important point I have the 1st and 3rd (complete) editions of the Grimms' tales which are wonderful. A degree of selectively is always wise especially since every child is different. We've also loved A Child's Book of Stories The Blue Fairy Book etc" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2001083225821659634) 2025-12-17T00:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "As someone who has taught at both the high school and college level I consider it an unquestionable undervalued truth that avid readers make the most capable students. Why Because readers become thinkers who become well-spoken innovative problem-solvers. How Reading excellent literature: 1) Teaches the art of persuasion 2) Models empathy 3) Cultivates creativity 4) Increases focus 5) Expands vocabulary 6) Reinforces grammar 7) Explains history 8) Encourages critical analysis 9) Communicates timeless wisdom 10) Provides joy and rest Dear parents Most children do not read books anymore. If you" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2001447008825913847) 2025-12-18T00:18Z [----] followers, 65.4K engagements "@Chancellorpen Schools need to be asking their students to read whole books instead of mere excerpts. But more importantly parents should be the ones encouraging their children to read. Ideally this encouragement starts at a young age and continues throughout adolescence" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2001477084435173657) 2025-12-18T02:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@AK__Texas Thank you I've been singing it all week. Merry Christmas" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2003674608223027380) 2025-12-24T03:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@Rux_Dacoromana 😂 This is why I usually bring my headphones to the coffee shop. If I'm creating (writing) I need immersion. Your art is beautiful by the way" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2004966743647875256) 2025-12-27T17:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Perhaps an unpopular opinion but not all books are equal. Just because food is good for you that doesn't mean all food is good for you. We understand this. It's no different for books. And like some foods some books belong in the garbage. Life is short. Choose wisely. [--]. These [--] bodice rippers I read this year posts are akin to a dude saying here are the [----] videos I watched on pornhub this year. [--]. A consequence of refusing to acknowledge this and insisting that all reading is equally worthwhile is that people conclude theres no [--]. These [--] bodice rippers I read this year posts are akin to" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2005471323787808942) 2025-12-29T02:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@wren_and_paper I miss the world of letters. Ink and pen calligraphy and stationery. Wax seals" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2005762546033385838) 2025-12-29T22:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@SketchesbyBoze I have never seen it but now I need to find it Thanks Boze Also your articles are always a joy to read. "Out of the darkness of a century bedeviled by wolves against the black night of modernity Masefields books continue to ring us home."" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2005811645960851941) 2025-12-30T01:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@whodamoose @wren_and_paper That is so special. I'm sure they're cherished" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2005843188632691095) 2025-12-30T03:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "I remember the nights my father read my favorite bedtime stories and the evenings my grandmother and I silently devoured mystery novels over mugs of chocolate ice cream. Read to and with your kids. Take the time. Make memories. Raise generations of well-loved well-read people. In a similar way people tell me they refuse to read books to their kids because they find it boring. Im sorry but reading aloud to your kids is both great fun and a core part of parenting. Demonstrating delight in reading is the surest way to raise bookish kids. In a similar way people tell me they refuse to read books" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2008361634587144471) 2026-01-06T02:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@SketchesbyBoze I'm unabashedly Christian and celebrate Epiphany. It's a Christian holiday" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2008610423218790535) 2026-01-06T18:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "This is how you write an enchantingly complex character. Rochester while Jane rescues him (by dousing him with water as he sleeps amid the flames): 'Is there a flood' he cried. 'In the name of all the elves in Christendom is that Jane Eyre' he demanded. 'What have you done with me witch sorceress Who is in the room besides you Have you plotted to drown me' Rochester after Jane has rescued him: 'I knew' he continued 'you would do me good in some way at some time; - I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you: their expression and smile did not' (again he stopped) 'did not' (he proceeded" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2011568900543291649) 2026-01-14T22:39Z [----] followers, 32K engagements "@JoshPhillipsPhD @profjmb Lovely. And replace it with what Colleen Hoover no doubt" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2011633494372598061) 2026-01-15T02:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "There's no way this isn't a portal into Wonderland. "Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage. and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw." - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The crooked door to this bookshop Canterbury England. https://t.co/kWolOUWaMX The crooked door to this bookshop Canterbury England. https://t.co/kWolOUWaMX" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2012573044577812935) 2026-01-17T17:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "And this reminds me of Wesley: "It has long passed for a maxim that 'women should be seen not heard' and accordingly many are brought up in such a manner as if they were only designed to be agreeable playthings But is this doing honour to the sex or is it a real kindness to them No; it is the deepest unkindness; it is horrid cruelty I know not how any woman of sense and spirit can submit to it." - Sermon 98: On Visiting the Sick [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012701182901240173 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012701182901240173" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2012701182901240173) 2026-01-18T01:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@JaycelAdkins Haha I don't know about that but they've definitely been inspired and shaped by Eliot" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2013349946024460781) 2026-01-19T20:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@JoshPhillipsPhD Nice. I'm about to dive into Andrew Roberts's biography on George III which as an American feels a tiny bit treasonous" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2014514920541368508) 2026-01-23T01:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Yes we are all equally made in the imago Dei Also I'd love to know what Bible he's reading. Mine in no way equates physical beauty with moral rectitude. In fact Christ the definitive source of true "morality" was not only a friend to the lowly he also willingly made himself lowly (physically materially etc.): "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by mankind a man of suffering and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised and we held him in low esteem." -Isaiah" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2015648247369417006) 2026-01-26T04:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "This is perhaps tangential but I think the "books can't teach you anything" argument comes from the accurate observation that most *modern novels* honestly can't teach you anything. Classic literature was consumed with the struggle between good and evil; it obsessed over the question of humanity and its greater purpose; it scrutinized what it means to find true happiness. It was philosophy wrapped in the glory of a very human story. George Eliot knew that. Many modern writers do not. I know some who do but they're bound by the market and feel forced to write what sells. It's time to" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2013343292600033708) 2026-01-19T20:10Z [----] followers, 88.1K engagements "Modern publishing is definitely more accessible so I guess it can be argued that there appears to be fewer good books today because they're accompanied by so many bad ones. I don't think that's the problem though. Language was more valued at that time because of its bearing on class and because the written word was the primary form of both entertainment and sociopolitical change. Novel writing (especially by women) was taken seriously for many reasons (too many to name here) but essentially many wrote not only because the novel was a delight to read (or because it was a paycheck) but also" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2013434304303419759) 2026-01-20T02:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In preparation for the winter storm my kids and I emptied the library shelves. This weekend be safe and read a book. Washington DC is going to be EATING this weekend. 14th street Trader Joes https://t.co/J0wRt6aEIb Washington DC is going to be EATING this weekend. 14th street Trader Joes https://t.co/J0wRt6aEIb" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2014739649780945076) 2026-01-23T16:38Z [----] followers, 42.9K engagements "@SamuraiKai1 @AlexAndBooks_ I'll also add that when he's not working he's very physically active which possibly explains why he and many men do better with audiobooks. they don't keep you pinned to a chair" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2016238887585149130) 2026-01-27T19:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "There are many reasons to love Pride and Prejudice. But one of them should be a deep appreciation for the risk involved. Publishing was not a woman's world. In fact it was considered improper even vulgar for women to write particularly works of an intellectual or sociopolitical kind. And so some used pseudonyms some used their names but they all did one thing: they used the novel form as an opportunity to express not only their art but their ideals. In turn female novelists were able to use their craft to alter public opinion albeit subtly by exposing flaws and proposing improvements for the" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2016612897812553973) 2026-01-28T20:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@MaeOfFable Yes Family support was huge (emotionally and financially). I also love that many women novelists of the time had husbands who encouraged them to write. ❤" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2016618299421790639) 2026-01-28T21:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@pdubya62 Yup her novels were published anonymously. although many (including the Prince Regent) knew that Austen was the author" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2016685493983797583) 2026-01-29T01:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Your enemy is Fear. "Things are breaking up. I don't understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then. people started getting frightened." - Lord of the Flies Another harsh truth: as a society we don't read enough. and it shows. Hit me with the harshest reality truth. https://t.co/fgIWAtqP4u Hit me with the harshest reality truth. https://t.co/fgIWAtqP4u" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2016923358508552440) 2026-01-29T17:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@DKThomp This is what happens when you raise an entire generation of children and don't teach them self-discipline. They have absolutely zero tolerance for experiencing any level of discomfort. Sorry but growth is uncomfortable" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2017470574398726409) 2026-01-31T05:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "It is quiet. Today the ordinary lies hushed and hidden beneath a foot of snow. As the last rays of sunlight pour amber hues over a sheet of white I think of Thomson's "Winter."" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2015918796033180156) 2026-01-26T22:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@SketchesbyBoze I need this in my life. Time for multiple locations" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2016974320275177709) 2026-01-29T20:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@ShitpostRock So this is actually one of my favorite Gen Z trends. My oura ring freaks out when I drink and it noticeably affects my sleep so I just don't. It's not good for you" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2017481810955919692) 2026-01-31T06:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I have several favorite poetry books for children but this is the most comprehensive. It's timeless verse that grows with your child from Stevenson and Milne to Shakespeare and Tennyson. The poems are meant to be memorized. The book also covers the poems' themes and scansion. If you want to elevate reading and your children's future writing bring poetry into your home. Poetry trains the ear to the rhythm cadence and beauty of words. It teaches children that how something sounds matters. Years later youll see this play out in their writing. If you want to elevate reading and your children's" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2019496994205569026) 2026-02-05T19:42Z [----] followers, 14.8K engagements "@seatofwisdomopn I think that people sometimes see libraries the way they see churches - as relics of a bygone era. I hope many begin to recognize their value" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2019806772329132513) 2026-02-06T16:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Great list For the 1910s Kafka's Metamorphosis and Shaw's Pygmalion (with the "Sequel") come to mind. Technically the first is a novella and the second is a play but they're both so good. Oh and Joyce It has been years since I've read Moby-Dick but it's been discussed so much lately that I'm tempted to reread. Worth it https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020721665055846669 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020721665055846669" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2020721665055846669) 2026-02-09T04:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Taking this back a bit because the 1790s and 1810s were monumental decades for fiction. 1780s: Burney Cecilia 1790s: Godwin Caleb Williams 1800s: Hamilton The Cottagers of Glenburnie 1810s: Austen Pride and Prejudice 1820s: Scott Ivanhoe (1819/1820) 1830s: Dickens Oliver Twist 1840s: Bront Jane Eyre Also yes they're all British and I make no apology. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020897308557062262 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020897308557062262" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2020897308557062262) 2026-02-09T16:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@SketchesbyBoze @agraybee Oh that's wild I had JUST finished talking about the Tower of Babel when I read this comment. The world has gone mad" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2021398225593487618) 2026-02-11T01:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ""I love him. because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of his and mine are the same." - Emily Bront Wuthering Heights Pictured is the dining table where the Bront sisters wrote and shared the pages that still haunt us today. Marked with their ink stains candle burns and an etched "E" for Emily the table is so precious that in [----] the Bront Society received a [------] grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) to keep it from being lost. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018829736353345570 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018829736353345570" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2018829736353345570) 2026-02-03T23:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@Bitcoin_Teddy I prefer physical books except for when I have to take lots of notes. I find that the physical act of flipping through pages helps me concentrate and promotes immersion" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2022519252482465916) 2026-02-14T03:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@arealmofwonder Definitely A. I called my daughter "Pigsney" today instead of her usual nickname (Birdy). It's a keeper" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2022759857225412900) 2026-02-14T19:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Yeats perfectly expresses why AI can never replace artists novelists or poets. Read "Where My Books go" and you'll understand that the human author crafts every word for you to find you to "sing" to you. It's a message from one living soul to another" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2021666182286520727) 2026-02-11T19:22Z [----] followers, 29.7K engagements "Queen Victoria writes this in a letter a few days after the passing of her beloved husband Prince Albert. The depth of both her love and her grief is palpable. "My life as a happy one is ended the world is gone for me If I must live on (and I will do nothing to make me worse than I am) it is henceforth for our poor fatherless childrenfor my unhappy country which has lost all in losing himand in only doing what I know and feel he would wish for he is near mehis spirit will guide and inspire me But oh to be cut off in the prime of lifeto see our pure happy quiet domestic life which alone" [X Link](https://x.com/RachelXReads/status/2022789315433050266) 2026-02-14T21:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In addition to Project Gutenberg the following are also helpful free resources especially for reading classic novels: Standard Ebooks - use to download carefully and aesthetically formatted public-domain classics HathiTrust - use to find and download library-verified scans of some rare texts and historical collections Internet Archive - use to find scans of old out-of-print books Google Books - use to find and download scans of first editions or lesser-known works (use the "Full View" filter) Wikisource - use to access and read public-domain primary sources and historical documents Kindle" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2001788034954805708) 2025-12-18T22:53Z [----] followers, 270.7K engagements "More people should know about Project Gutenberg. It makes reading classics so accessible to everyone" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2001613939394691165) 2025-12-18T11:22Z [----] followers, 1.3M engagements "Many female novelists writing during the Regency era (and beyond) focused on money. Gaping inequality was a huge issue. So like many Austen was a pragmatist. Her heroines wanted financial security but mostly. they wanted companionship. Love yes. But specifically companionship. At a time of tremendous socioeconomic inequality - for the lower orders and for women - it was the clear desire of many heroines and their novelists to not only be provided for but to use the influence they'd find through marriage to improve the home (and by extension society) both morally and materially. They became" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1978944123437539772) 2025-10-16T22:00Z [----] followers, 298.5K engagements "Men assume Pride & Prejudice is a Hallmark romance when the plot is driven by the Bennet sisters fear of starvation because they will be homeless when their father dies. Its a book about money about people and those who dismiss it as saccharine fluff are cheating themselves" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1978569027690856743) 2025-10-15T21:09Z 247.1K followers, 707.6K engagements "My father read these to me every night. I spent my childhood pretending to be in Camelot and today I'm a doctoral researcher studying eighteenth-century manuscripts. I now read to my own children every night. Build a legacy of great books. It makes a difference. I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/TxSM18mMVr I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/TxSM18mMVr" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980769375188840847) 2025-10-21T22:53Z [----] followers, 90K engagements "I was indoctrinated at a young age. I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/CIdfXUwkWL I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/CIdfXUwkWL" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980369029555793970) 2025-10-20T20:22Z 120K followers, 1.8M engagements "I'm a little late to this party but I'd like to think that people are still hungry (for good books of course). As a college prof I'm not convinced that [--] books can replace [--] years in any school (despite the current state of higher ed) but here are my recommendations. [--] books that will teach you more than [--] years of university: https://t.co/jrWHTGvTRo [--] books that will teach you more than [--] years of university: https://t.co/jrWHTGvTRo" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986126077765500971) 2025-11-05T17:38Z [----] followers, 210K engagements "9 books that will teach you more than [--] years of university:" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985292506003603775) 2025-11-03T10:26Z 265.1K followers, 1.7M engagements "As a researcher I study novels that very few have read - novels that AI chatbots know nothing about. So when prompted what do they do Fabricate. I have witnessed them analyze novels that they entirely made up (characters plotlines etc.) and then presented to me as fact. When confronted they admit to making "assumptions" based on a novel title alone. It's simply unacceptable. AI advocates talk about "garbage in garbage out" as if these hiccups and hallucinations are no big deal or as if the users are actually to blame for the program's flaws. And the sad reality is that most people are fine" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989465083466932251) 2025-11-14T22:46Z [----] followers, 73K engagements "ChatGPT tells lies with such strident assurance about literature and philosophy that you have to begin to think part of its programming is to help destroy literature and philosophy" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988426839694430421) 2025-11-12T02:01Z 23.7K followers, 78.9K engagements "I see that these are still rolling out so I've decided to pop in and say: This world would be a lovelier place if adults read more children's literature. There are countless others but here are some books that rewire your brain for joy adventure wonder and goodness: This is literally the best book list that rewires your brain for success https://t.co/sLpABcqHj2 This is literally the best book list that rewires your brain for success https://t.co/sLpABcqHj2" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988025146129428907) 2025-11-10T23:25Z [----] followers, 63.8K engagements "Am I the only one who doesn't "arrange" their bookshelves Every single shelf is maxed out. Every single book is squeezed in stacked high and fighting for its life. While everyone else arranges their shelves by color genre or author arrange yours chronologically. https://t.co/6XTVVBjHJu https://t.co/br4E3G8Kc1 While everyone else arranges their shelves by color genre or author arrange yours chronologically. https://t.co/6XTVVBjHJu https://t.co/br4E3G8Kc1" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983603906614890784) 2025-10-29T18:36Z [----] followers, 53.8K engagements "While everyone else arranges their shelves by color genre or author arrange yours chronologically. https://www.booksoftitans.com/p/the-case-for-the-chronological-bookshelf https://www.booksoftitans.com/p/the-case-for-the-chronological-bookshelf" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983224487534547338) 2025-10-28T17:28Z 13.1K followers, 119.2K engagements "An excellent Boy Books list (almost all feature exclusively male protagonists): [--] ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS [--]. Treasure Island [--]. [-----] Leagues Under the Sea [--]. The Wind in the Willows [--]. Journey to the Center of the Earth [--]. King Arthur (Pyle) [--]. Around the World in [--] Days [--]. The Hobbit [--]. Robinson Crusoe [--]. Call of the Wild [--]. The Hardy Boys Series [--]. https://t.co/61Ob9xtB8F [--] ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS [--]. Treasure Island [--]. [-----] Leagues Under the Sea [--]. The Wind in the Willows [--]. Journey to the Center of the Earth [--]. King Arthur (Pyle) [--]. Around the World in [--] Days [--]. The Hobbit 8." [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979649593295184249) 2025-10-18T20:43Z [----] followers, 40.9K engagements "40 ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS [--]. Treasure Island [--]. [-----] Leagues Under the Sea [--]. The Wind in the Willows [--]. Journey to the Center of the Earth [--]. King Arthur (Pyle) [--]. Around the World in [--] Days [--]. The Hobbit [--]. Robinson Crusoe [--]. Call of the Wild [--]. The Hardy Boys Series [--]. The Martian Tales (ER Burroughs) [--]. Ivanhoe [--]. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer [--]. White Fang [--]. The Red Badge of Courage [--]. The Chronicles of Narnia [--]. The Lord of the Rings [--]. Hatchet (Paulsen) [--]. Robin Hood (Pyle) [--]. Horatio Hornblower [--]. My Side of the Mountain [--]. On the Far Side of the Mountain [--]. King" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979552296653471785) 2025-10-18T14:17Z 47.2K followers, 157.5K engagements "Some things that children love to do: 1) Imagine. Give them space to daydream. 2) Read good literature. There are countless book lists. 3) Write a story. Try a kit (Lulu). 4) Learn an instrument. Music regulates emotions. 5) Play chess. It's addicting. 6) Build forts. Embrace the mess. 7) Make art. Buy dollar store supplies. 8) Play outside. Let them befriend peers (and trees). Also do not let your children watch short-form video content. It destroys their ability to enjoy any of the above. Boredom is the new pandemic. I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988778083391008908) 2025-11-13T01:16Z [----] followers, 18.1K engagements "I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the film conveys how screens eat up a child's hobbies interests literacy ability to function socially. I hope it provokes millions of parents to think twice before making the iPad a babysitter. 🚨 The first teaser for TOY STORY [--] has been released. In theaters June [----]. https://t.co/2jITxvCBZ3 🚨 The first teaser for TOY STORY [--] has been released. In theaters June [----]. https://t.co/2jITxvCBZ3" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988366092352581652) 2025-11-11T21:59Z 247.1K followers, 12.3M engagements "@SketchesbyBoze It seems that people call anything "performative" that threatens their self-esteem. Read books in public Maybe it'll inspire someone else to stop the doom scroll" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979999927406047578) 2025-10-19T19:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "When this painting was first exhibited in [----] there was an outcry. Even Dickens hated it. The idea of Jesus as a red-headed boy barefoot in the sawdust showing Mother his well-placed wound was. radical. Not only does the painting depict Christ's humanity and divinity but also his simplicity. Love it or hate it John Everett Millais Christ in the House of His Parents 1849-50" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982437555757818364) 2025-10-26T13:21Z [----] followers, 16.5K engagements "Mary Shelley the author of Frankenstein was the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin and the wife of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Part fact and part legend the story goes that while sailing off the Italian coast Shelley steered his schooner into a gathering storm. He died with a volume of Keatss poems in his pocket. His recovered body was doused in wine and burned on the beach but his heart was retrieved from the fire after it refused to burn. Mary Shelley kept that heart in her desk drawer wrapped in silk and in the lines of Adonais her husbands elegy for Keats and his ode to" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983985042347917472) 2025-10-30T19:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Happy people set goals. Successful people set goals. Self-discipline is not a chore. It's the path to freedom and fulfillment. Ok. So in order to finish all of these partially complete books before [----] I need to read [---] pages per day. [----] to go I can do this https://t.co/Hc1zG3HTy9 Ok. So in order to finish all of these partially complete books before [----] I need to read [---] pages per day. [----] to go I can do this https://t.co/Hc1zG3HTy9" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987595799157444687) 2025-11-09T18:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Ok. So in order to finish all of these partially complete books before [----] I need to read [---] pages per day. [----] to go I can do this" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986915956791345588) 2025-11-07T21:57Z [----] followers, 346K engagements "Cheers to anyone who's ever dreamt of becoming a librarian. Left: Edouard Gelhay Elegant Women in a Library c. 1890s. Right: Carl Spitzweg The Bookworm c. 1850" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987235207750295911) 2025-11-08T19:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "My advice is skip Barnes & Noble and go to Library sales. Old books are the best books. Normalize actually reading through a children's book before giving it as a present. Normalize chucking away children's books that are terrible even the ones that were given as a present. Normalize actually reading through a children's book before giving it as a present. Normalize chucking away children's books that are terrible even the ones that were given as a present" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979694880852176909) 2025-10-18T23:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Normalize actually reading through a children's book before giving it as a present. Normalize chucking away children's books that are terrible even the ones that were given as a present" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979649438974202278) 2025-10-18T20:43Z [----] followers, 47K engagements "We've reached the point where I get excited to find errors in student essays. At least they tried. And those students I always go out of my way to encourage. The rampant use of AI has robbed so many of the thrill of growing pains and the satisfaction of a job well done. @decadentquill Good thoughts Grusha. These days I'm happy even to see folks writing badly as it means they're making an earnest effort to think and communicate. @decadentquill Good thoughts Grusha. These days I'm happy even to see folks writing badly as it means they're making an earnest effort to think and communicate" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982961513548919035) 2025-10-28T00:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@decadentquill Good thoughts Grusha. These days I'm happy even to see folks writing badly as it means they're making an earnest effort to think and communicate" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982870019982999805) 2025-10-27T18:00Z 247.1K followers, 13K engagements "If a classical education was useful to an apostle it can be useful to you too. Paul quoted the Greek poets Epimenides and Aratus in Acts 17:28: "For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said 'We are his offspring.'" See also Titus 1:12. Reading Holy Scripture bears fruit. Reading the classical pagans bears leaves. Reading the ancient Greeks (Homer Plato etc.) helps prepare the soul for Scripture like leaves help a branch bear fruit. https://t.co/iUNYqPipgR Reading Holy Scripture bears fruit. Reading the classical pagans bears leaves. Reading the ancient" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985730142614819192) 2025-11-04T15:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Reading Holy Scripture bears fruit. Reading the classical pagans bears leaves. Reading the ancient Greeks (Homer Plato etc.) helps prepare the soul for Scripture like leaves help a branch bear fruit" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985520119204982868) 2025-11-04T01:31Z 47.2K followers, 14.1K engagements "@onalius This is what makes studying literature so complicated but so satisfying" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979273329258434916) 2025-10-17T19:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ""Non nobis solum nati sumus." Not for ourselves alone are we born. - Cicero De Officiis [----]. Image: Paul Seignac Helping Hands" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1965198135879196699) 2025-09-08T23:38Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements "@theemmacasey 😞 May God protect and preserve childhood and the wonder of innocence" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1962996481381527561) 2025-09-02T21:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ""I do not write for children but for the childlike." - George MacDonald "The Fantastic Imagination" [----]. Beatrix Potter once said "I have just made stories to please myself because I never grew up." And I could not relate more. Never lose that sense of childlike wonder. Beatrix Potter once said "I have just made stories to please myself because I never grew up." And I could not relate more. Never lose that sense of childlike wonder" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980427941491405229) 2025-10-21T00:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Beatrix Potter once said "I have just made stories to please myself because I never grew up." And I could not relate more. Never lose that sense of childlike wonder" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979991822219821263) 2025-10-19T19:23Z 111.2K followers, 19.5K engagements "Be brave and become transformed. "We have to be braver than we think we can be because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are." - Madeleine L'Engle Walking on Water [----]. 🎨 Rembrandt The Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1633" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988683248449245634) 2025-11-12T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The dream team. Imagine the possibilities. Im putting together a team. https://t.co/W6WzGKNxHe Im putting together a team. https://t.co/W6WzGKNxHe" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986941230781976595) 2025-11-07T23:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Im putting together a team" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986611873098215750) 2025-11-07T01:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@allisonmotto 😭 Would love to read it" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979154083912073635) 2025-10-17T11:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Normalize scheduling a Reading Day. Once a week - even once a month - pick a day and pick a book. Read the whole thing. Watch how it changes you. You could read Beowulf today. You could just do that. It only takes a couple hours and once you've finished your ears will forever ring with the clamor of battle and the roar of the feasting hall. https://t.co/2fSQNeuKDa You could read Beowulf today. You could just do that. It only takes a couple hours and once you've finished your ears will forever ring with the clamor of battle and the roar of the feasting hall. https://t.co/2fSQNeuKDa" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987002736081010842) 2025-11-08T03:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "You could read Beowulf today. You could just do that. It only takes a couple hours and once you've finished your ears will forever ring with the clamor of battle and the roar of the feasting hall" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986868718023098557) 2025-11-07T18:49Z 247.1K followers, 145.3K engagements "Blake also said: "This Angel who is now become a Devil is my particular friend; we often read the Bible together in its infernal or diabolical sense which the world shall have if they behave well." So his religious views were. complicated. Blake was a magnificent poet but kind of a weird dude. This combination of course is not uncommon. Be assur'd Mr. Devil I won't pray to you. William Blake https://t.co/dUW7qnDIko Be assur'd Mr. Devil I won't pray to you. William Blake https://t.co/dUW7qnDIko" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984730229038817657) 2025-11-01T21:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Be assur'd Mr. Devil I won't pray to you. William Blake" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984612438465982525) 2025-11-01T13:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@shawnWWrites Self-education is powerful but so is proper guidance" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986221748258251100) 2025-11-05T23:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@SketchesbyBoze When I worked in DC I used to go and just sit in the Rembrandt room of the National Gallery. Things made more sense there. No one will ever sit and contemplate AI art. Why would they Like you said it's soulless" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988736601745494516) 2025-11-12T22:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "That's crazy. although unsurprising. I definitely agree that only subject-area experts can really spot the errors so students use AI thinking that it's oh-so-brilliant. That's one of my major problems with AI. its impact on my students and their learning. I've joined an AI society because I'm trying to do something about it. We have to find a way forward. 😔" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989510151653523693) 2025-11-15T01:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Also reminding myself that most of those people have forgotten how to hold a conversation because of their screens. Reminding myself that most of the people I talk to are overstimulated and over-stressed because screens. Reminding myself that most of the people I talk to are overstimulated and over-stressed because screens" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980796167332979105) 2025-10-22T00:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Reminding myself that most of the people I talk to are overstimulated and over-stressed because screens" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980731919676633480) 2025-10-21T20:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@jacqueboatman The virtual world is full of misattributed quotations. Primary research is a dying skill" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982297118262927536) 2025-10-26T04:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@megievalist I married a former Muslim who was raised in a country and culture half-a-world away. It had its challenges. Our mutual love for Jesus is absolutely non-negotiable. It would never work otherwise. ♥" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1977174140793897006) 2025-10-12T00:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@secretcoran Respect As long as I can pinpoint the general vicinity I'm fine with it. Plus there's something very satisfying about scanning over my books. It's like finding long-lost friends" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983705375187832886) 2025-10-30T01:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@pallnandi Utility over humanity. So sad yet so true. I feel like it's only going to get worse with the progress -obsessed AI community" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1953907104562962687) 2025-08-08T19:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@KerryAtkinson2 Why is there never enough space 😔 I'm a fairly tidy person but man I'm a book hoarder" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983706120033280227) 2025-10-30T01:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@megievalist This is too real. Whenever I can find the time I'm baking so my husband must of course be tasting. We just finished off two different kinds of pumpkin bread and the poor guy's not even particularly fond of pumpkin. Enjoy your pie" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988095115852931532) 2025-11-11T04:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Just had my students read Alice. It's fantastic (and full of symbolism)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979653721467281694) 2025-10-18T21:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "To me it comes down to this: Man is made in the image of God and AI is made in the image of man. By definition it can only ever be average and unlike us can never harness a divine spark. Why bother writing in a world of AI Because AI cant create it can only regurgitate. Because the very capacity to think and dream will disappear if we cede the arts to machines. Because your brain your words are sacred things and you mustnt let robots steal them from you. Why bother writing in a world of AI Because AI cant create it can only regurgitate. Because the very capacity to think and dream will" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984765008547402233) 2025-11-01T23:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Why bother writing in a world of AI Because AI cant create it can only regurgitate. Because the very capacity to think and dream will disappear if we cede the arts to machines. Because your brain your words are sacred things and you mustnt let robots steal them from you. Im terrified of my future as a writer bc of how scarily good ChatGPT is getting. Just read a plot synopsis one of my friends had written polished by ChatGPT & as someone who doesnt use Gen AI at all Im wondering if theres a point to writing when AI keeps getting better Im terrified of my future as a writer bc of how scarily" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984758570035134682) 2025-11-01T23:04Z 247.1K followers, 94.4K engagements "I'm not sure why but I consider the lack of an Oxford comma to be a personal offense. One genuine weakness of LOTR is that Tolkien doesn't use the Oxford Comma. One genuine weakness of LOTR is that Tolkien doesn't use the Oxford Comma" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983712805464502682) 2025-10-30T01:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "One genuine weakness of LOTR is that Tolkien doesn't use the Oxford Comma" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983545601204605238) 2025-10-29T14:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "It cannot be November without Anne (of Green Gables of course). This painting makes me think of her. 🎨 Olga Wisinger-Florian Falling Leaves [----]. https://t.co/Q1lKZ046Qe https://t.co/Q1lKZ046Qe" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989048482062315823) 2025-11-13T19:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@ofcrdeonjoseph Blessed beyond measure" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1956085284824867243) 2025-08-14T20:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@pallnandi The greatest gift a woman can give herself is the skill of seeing things as they truly are. With her eyes wide open she can push herself towards improvement while avoiding convenient blame and popular opinion. Once she can do that she can do anything" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1954301927749202135) 2025-08-09T22:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@SketchesbyBoze Yes And writing supplies Along with a few books she's been asking for my daughter is getting a stationary set and a customized wax seal stamp. I'm considering throwing in a fountain pen or ink quill. 🤫 Good readers often become good writers and we need more of both" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989899530855485833) 2025-11-16T03:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "With family and friends watching the Lorax under the icy November stars and a heap of scratchy blankets. Life is short. Do the good stuff" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989853497085628925) 2025-11-16T00:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Obligatory October reading: Drink coffee. Read the classics. #Frankenstein #BooksWorthReading https://t.co/1zTz73C3U0 Drink coffee. Read the classics. #Frankenstein #BooksWorthReading https://t.co/1zTz73C3U0" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1978635896028119498) 2025-10-16T01:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Drink coffee. Read the classics. #Frankenstein #BooksWorthReading" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1978466023201255472) 2025-10-15T14:20Z [---] followers, [----] engagements ""Whenever you are fed up with life start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills as I have found out long ago." - C. S. Lewis in a letter to Arthur Greeves [----]. Image: Leonid Pasternak The Passion of Creation 1892" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1971690022748541340) 2025-09-26T21:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ""If you asked twenty good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues nineteen of them would reply Unselfishness. But if you asked almost any of the great Christians of old he would have replied Love. You see what has happened A negative term has been substituted for a positive and this is of more than philological importance. The negative ideal of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others but of going without them ourselves as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point." - C.S. Lewis "The Weight of Glory"" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1963317935621247186) 2025-09-03T19:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The textbook definition of a Good Problem: Anyone else get to the level where your bookshelves are full plus the top plus the extra table you placed next to it 😅 Might need a trip to ikea 📚 https://t.co/I2lIwGvzpz Anyone else get to the level where your bookshelves are full plus the top plus the extra table you placed next to it 😅 Might need a trip to ikea 📚 https://t.co/I2lIwGvzpz" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986508002896052523) 2025-11-06T18:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Anyone else get to the level where your bookshelves are full plus the top plus the extra table you placed next to it 😅 Might need a trip to ikea 📚" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986478695616553212) 2025-11-06T17:00Z 15.2K followers, 25.2K engagements ""What will you gain if you own the whole world but destroy yourself What would you give to get back your soul" - Matthew 16:26 CEV #AnEmpireOfDirt Image: Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Tower of Babel 1563" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964823232105615416) 2025-09-07T22:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Today my pile of papers stack of books and quantity of emails is unconscionable. Its easy to feel too rushed too stretched too small. My life is filled with gratitude and joy but sometimes a soul needs slow and simple. My children grow taller every day. The autumn leaves are falling without me. Ive forgotten my mothers favorite recipe for apple cake. I leave you with a poem because sometimes poetry is that long sweet breath we all forget to take" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981842571883106658) 2025-10-24T21:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Say hello to "October." Beautiful isn't it - James Tissot October [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974921961458561472 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974921961458561472" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974921961458561472) 2025-10-05T19:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ""If you can mock a leek you can eat a leek." - Shakespeare Henry V c. [----]. Yes this is a real Shakespeare quotation and it's not just about leeks. In the face of ridicule the line insists on dignity and respect. for yourself and where you come from. Image: Portrait of English king Henry V by an unknown artist" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964432332414427232) 2025-09-06T20:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Little Alice being too relatable: "She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it)." - Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1865" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1960769905172574710) 2025-08-27T18:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "My hot take: You don't necessarily need to reread a book. What you do need to do is take notes while you're reading it. It might not be the most thrilling exercise but annotate your texts and you'll thank me later. You probably read too much already its rereading that deserves more of your time. https://t.co/iOUhWSAkjR You probably read too much already its rereading that deserves more of your time. https://t.co/iOUhWSAkjR" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985479991858016478) 2025-11-03T22:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "You probably read too much already its rereading that deserves more of your time" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985020721433612363) 2025-11-02T16:26Z 162.6K followers, 127.9K engagements "@bernardtjoy Where is he from Sadly certain regions of the US have terrible public schools" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1956472345956069398) 2025-08-15T21:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Virginia Woolf wrote standing up. James Joyce wrote lying down. I've started writing in the dark. Find your space. Find your rhythm. And write. Photograph of Aldous Huxley c. 1934" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982260679491899623) 2025-10-26T01:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ""Beware; for I am fearless and therefore powerful." - Mary Shelley Frankenstein [----]. Image: Rosa Bonheur A Stag 1893" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980428697703153821) 2025-10-21T00:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Truth should never stay silent. "The greatest triumphs of propaganda have been accomplished not by doing something but by refraining from doing. Great is the truth but still greater from a practical point of view is silence about truth." - Aldous Huxley Brave New World [----]. Image of Einstein's Desk on the day he died (by Ralph Morse 1955)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986560474880540989) 2025-11-06T22:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ""There are years that ask questions and years that answer." Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God [----]. Image: Franz Marc Tyrol 1914" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964020850186707152) 2025-09-05T17:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I go to Oxford. I want to start by saying: Do not let the actions of others stop you from doing what you want to do. Now while I definitely wouldn't have worn this it seems that he's trying to make Oxford more accessible and less elitist. I agree with him there. Celebrating Charlie Kirk's death A different matter altogether" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967648443658043544) 2025-09-15T17:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Share some books that God sent you - books that He used to change your heart your mindset or your path. I'll start: Self-Control (Mary Brunton) Les Misrables (Victor Hugo) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Have you noticed how God so often sends us books at just the right time - C.S. Lewis https://t.co/PZqrX1WZfg Have you noticed how God so often sends us books at just the right time - C.S. Lewis https://t.co/PZqrX1WZfg" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1977820968509911202) 2025-10-13T19:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Have you noticed how God so often sends us books at just the right time - C.S. Lewis" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1977473428983857418) 2025-10-12T20:36Z 61.6K followers, 31.9K engagements "Beauty is on the horizon. "For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison." - [--] Cor. 4:17 a little lifesaver from Langston Hughes https://t.co/Wic4FBLxS1 a little lifesaver from Langston Hughes https://t.co/Wic4FBLxS1" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983351042428575962) 2025-10-29T01:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "a little lifesaver from Langston Hughes" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983189994970984510) 2025-10-28T15:11Z 94.6K followers, 50.2K engagements ""I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will." - Charlotte Bront Jane Eyre [----]. Image: Broncia Koller-Pinell Young Woman in Front of a Bird Cage c. 1907" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1973208382497525836) 2025-10-01T02:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I'm wondering how common it is for academics in the humanities (particularly English) to write fiction on the side. Anyone working on a book Image is of me drinking an espresso in the Lamb and Flag frequented by J.R.R.Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. two academics known for their fiction" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1961516857518694448) 2025-08-29T19:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Just out here tryna save classic literature from cultural extinction. Anyone else My alter ego: A Literal Literary Hero" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1963350667055313136) 2025-09-03T21:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "It's not uncommon for novelists to write characters and explore themes that are largely opposed to their own beliefs. It's part of experimenting with different ideas and enjoying the many worlds that words can create. With that being said here's a bite-sized overview of literary criticism: New Criticism is a theory that claims we should only be treating literature as literature not as a biographical or historical study (the more traditional way). The idea is that if the novel is successful then the author's thoughts and intentions are irrelevant because the text speaks for itself (through a" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1990497690573242727) 2025-11-17T19:10Z [----] followers, 10.5K engagements "Genuine Question: Do you guys read novels to find out what the author thinks" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1990244828370579749) 2025-11-17T02:25Z [----] followers, 15.8K engagements "Christianity should never be threatened by ideas. Jesus certainly wasn't. We are told to think on "whatever is true whatever is noble whatever is right whatever is pure whatever is lovely whatever is admirable." If that doesn't qualify a classical education then I don't know what does. ❤" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985767843066233023) 2025-11-04T17:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@mostly_rts Gah He wrote the preface and did some editing. He absolutely did not write it" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987514593401577754) 2025-11-09T13:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@JoshPhillipsPhD This is the case with the men in my life including my young son. He wants to read stories about heroes so that he can learn to become one" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983962220813021563) 2025-10-30T18:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ""But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea." - Jane Austen Mansfield Park [----]. Translation: In a world of ceaseless striving and tiresome toadying I'll take care of myself thank you. Image: Mary Cassatt The Cup of Tea 1880-81" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970302580732334337) 2025-09-23T01:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Can confirm. 📚🤓 my kid wants to stay up after bedtime looking at books with a flashlight but i of course put a stop to it right away because that sort of behavior is a one way street to a phd in the humanities my kid wants to stay up after bedtime looking at books with a flashlight but i of course put a stop to it right away because that sort of behavior is a one way street to a phd in the humanities" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979735959752364276) 2025-10-19T02:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "my kid wants to stay up after bedtime looking at books with a flashlight but i of course put a stop to it right away because that sort of behavior is a one way street to a phd in the humanities" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1978257303846420736) 2025-10-15T00:31Z 21.4K followers, 214.6K engagements "Jekyll and Hyde is one of my favorites. I've always enjoyed using it to discuss the nature of good and evil with my students. I'm looking forward to reading this" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989011618231935183) 2025-11-13T16:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ""For he that does good having the unlimited power to do evil deserves praise not only for the good which he performs but for the evil which he forbears." - Walter Scott Ivanhoe: A Romance [----]. Image: Peter Paul Rubens Saint George and the Dragon c. 1605-07" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984415966785073163) 2025-11-01T00:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@SketchesbyBoze "Evil" is the perfect word for it. I must admit that seeing all the outrage gives me courage and hope" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989514414639259749) 2025-11-15T02:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "PSA: Newest GPT model will "allow even more like erotica for verified adults." Is there not enough garbage in this world that you have to go out of your way to create more God help us. 😡 We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1978218318893908003) 2025-10-14T21:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Social topic influence books #2490, in the, ai, if you, the world, god, soul, to the, we are, paul
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"Something to think about on GPT-5's day of birth: "A man after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life will have left only the hard clean questions: Was it good or was it evil Have I done well or ill - John Steinbeck East of Eden #AI #GPT5"
X Link 2025-08-08T00:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@sama Something to consider alongside the AI and GPT-5 wildfire: "A man after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life will have left only the hard clean questions: Was it good or was it evil Have I done well or ill - John Steinbeck East of Eden"
X Link 2025-08-09T21:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"The Cricket in Times Square Caddie Woodlawn Where the Red Fern Grows AVI's Poppy series. so many wonderful children's books. My daughter is almost eight We have read: Ready player one Enders Game Wizard of Oz The Hobbit Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Hatchet True confessions of Charlotte Doyle The Castle in the Attic Battle for the Castle The Neverending Story The Lion the witch and the Wardrobe The My daughter is almost eight We have read: Ready player one Enders Game Wizard of Oz The Hobbit Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Hatchet True confessions of Charlotte Doyle The Castle in the Attic"
X Link 2025-08-13T15:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"And The Prince Warriors series"
X Link 2025-08-13T15:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon Englands mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God On Englands pleasant pastures seen And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills Bring me my Bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold Bring me my Chariot of fire I will not cease from Mental Fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem In Englands green & pleasant Land. Blake's Jerusalem ❤"
X Link 2025-08-14T02:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"In the midst of the dark corruption and unimaginable filth of the Industrial Era Blake wrote "Jerusalem." ❤ "And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon Englands mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God On Englands pleasant pastures seen And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills Bring me my Bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold Bring me my Chariot of fire I will not cease from Mental Fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem"
X Link 2025-08-14T02:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"In a world of "normal" people she's exceptional. My daughter is [--] years old. Last year she came home from school almost every day with tears in her eyes. Not because of a bad grade not because of a failed test But because a group of classmates had decided that loving crochet and handmade things wasnt normal. They gave https://t.co/0NfbdLUNhn My daughter is [--] years old. Last year she came home from school almost every day with tears in her eyes. Not because of a bad grade not because of a failed test But because a group of classmates had decided that loving crochet and handmade things wasnt"
X Link 2025-08-17T03:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
""I have seen the insect being come to its full size languish and refuse to eat: it spun itself a tomb and was shrouded in the silken cone; it lay without feet or shape or power to move I looked again it had burst its tomb; it was full of life and sailed on coloured wings through the soft air; it rejoiced in its new being. Thus shall it be with thee O man and so shall thy life be renewed. Beauty shall spring up out of ashes and life out of the dust. A little while shalt thou lie in the ground as the seed lieth in the bosom of the earth: but thou shalt be raised again; and if thou art good thou"
X Link 2025-08-18T20:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
""Who is he that cometh to burst open the prison doors of the tomb; to bid the dead awake and to gather his redeemed from the four winds of heaven He descendeth on a fiery cloud; the sound of a trumpet goeth before him; thousands of angels are on his right hand. It is Jesus the Son of God; the saviour of men; the friend of the good. He cometh in the glory of his Father; he hath received power from on high. Mourn not therefore child of immortality for the spoiler the cruel spoiler that laid waste the works of God is subdued: Jesus hath conquered death: child of immortality mourn no longer.""
X Link 2025-08-18T20:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@LadyofKyria Looks amazing. In Albania they drink peach juice which is as delicious as it sounds. America needs to broaden its juice horizons (beyond apple and orange)"
X Link 2025-08-27T18:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
""What will you gain if you own the whole world but destroy yourself What would you give to get back your soul" - Matthew 16:26 CEV #AnEmpireOfDirt Image: Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Tower of Babel 1563"
X Link 2025-09-07T22:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@archi_tradition Albania"
X Link 2025-09-08T23:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
""Non nobis solum nati sumus." Not for ourselves alone are we born. - Cicero De Officiis [----]. Image: Paul Seignac Helping Hands"
X Link 2025-09-08T23:38Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements
"This week has pushed me to rethink how I do life. To protect and prioritize truth and the things that really matter. So today I'm drinking lattes reading Jane Austen and watching LOTR with my daughter. Because life is too short. And God is still good. #CharlieKirk #Truth #God #Family #JaneAusten #LOTR"
X Link 2025-09-12T21:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"This week has pushed me to rethink how I do life. To protect and prioritize Truth and the things that really matter. So today I'm drinking lattes reading Jane Austen and watching LOTR with my daughter. Because life is too short. And God is still good. #CharlieKirk #Truth #God #Family #JaneAusten #LOTR"
X Link 2025-09-12T21:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"I used the word "totally" too many times today and unwittingly unleashed the kraken. My daughter: "Mom STOP YOURSELF. Do you know how many times I have to hear the word "like" every day People use so many extra words that by the time they get to their point I'm no longer intrigued." Me:"
X Link 2025-09-15T16:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@rompolyglot I like this strategy. Will report back"
X Link 2025-09-19T03:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@RealCandaceO "I forgive him." Enough said. May God bless her"
X Link 2025-09-22T04:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"I want to be like Jesus: full of Grace and Truth. "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory the glory of the one and only Son who came from the Father full of grace and truth. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." - John 1:14 [--] Image: Caravaggio Supper at Emmaus 1601"
X Link 2025-09-29T21:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"I love because He first loved me. I serve because He first served me. "But as for me and my house we will serve the LORD." - Joshua 24:15 Ford Madox Brown Jesus Washes Peter's Feet 1857-58"
X Link 2025-09-29T21:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Say hello to "October." Beautiful isn't it - James Tissot October [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974921961458561472 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974921961458561472"
X Link 2025-10-05T19:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Cultivate a reading culture in your home. "If we encountered a man of rare intellect we should ask him what books he read. We expect a great man to be a good reader." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Quotation and Originality" 1876"
X Link 2025-10-12T00:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@CatholicusRoma1 Agreed"
X Link 2025-10-17T20:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"An excellent Boy Books list (almost all feature exclusively male protagonists): [--] ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS [--]. Treasure Island [--]. [-----] Leagues Under the Sea [--]. The Wind in the Willows [--]. Journey to the Center of the Earth [--]. King Arthur (Pyle) [--]. Around the World in [--] Days [--]. The Hobbit [--]. Robinson Crusoe [--]. Call of the Wild [--]. The Hardy Boys Series [--]. https://t.co/61Ob9xtB8F [--] ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS [--]. Treasure Island [--]. [-----] Leagues Under the Sea [--]. The Wind in the Willows [--]. Journey to the Center of the Earth [--]. King Arthur (Pyle) [--]. Around the World in [--] Days [--]. The Hobbit 8."
X Link 2025-10-18T20:43Z [----] followers, 40.9K engagements
"My father read these to me every night. I spent my childhood pretending to be in Camelot and today I'm a doctoral researcher studying eighteenth-century manuscripts. I now read to my own children every night. Build a legacy of great books. It makes a difference. I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/TxSM18mMVr I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/TxSM18mMVr"
X Link 2025-10-21T22:53Z [----] followers, 90K engagements
"@DylanoA4 @mostly_rts These types of exchanges are why the internet should exist"
X Link 2025-10-23T03:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"OpenAI will integrate an assistant into ChatGPT that can control your apps and independently perform tasks. Someone thought it'd be cute to name it Sky. As in Network. Cue Terminator. "Sky understands whats on your screen and can take action using your apps." https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-software-applications-incorporated/ https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-software-applications-incorporated/"
X Link 2025-10-23T20:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"We've reached the point where I get excited to find errors in student essays. At least they tried. And those students I always go out of my way to encourage. The rampant use of AI has robbed so many of the thrill of growing pains and the satisfaction of a job well done. @decadentquill Good thoughts Grusha. These days I'm happy even to see folks writing badly as it means they're making an earnest effort to think and communicate. @decadentquill Good thoughts Grusha. These days I'm happy even to see folks writing badly as it means they're making an earnest effort to think and communicate"
X Link 2025-10-28T00:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Am I the only one who doesn't "arrange" their bookshelves Every single shelf is maxed out. Every single book is squeezed in stacked high and fighting for its life. While everyone else arranges their shelves by color genre or author arrange yours chronologically. https://t.co/6XTVVBjHJu https://t.co/br4E3G8Kc1 While everyone else arranges their shelves by color genre or author arrange yours chronologically. https://t.co/6XTVVBjHJu https://t.co/br4E3G8Kc1"
X Link 2025-10-29T18:36Z [----] followers, 53.8K engagements
"@secretcoran Respect As long as I can pinpoint the general vicinity I'm fine with it. Plus there's something very satisfying about scanning over my books. It's like finding long-lost friends"
X Link 2025-10-30T01:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Shelley and co were tragically messy - adultery suicide etc. Read Shelley's Ghost (by Hebron and Denlinger)"
X Link 2025-10-31T00:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"If a classical education was useful to an apostle it can be useful to you too. Paul quoted the Greek poets Epimenides and Aratus in Acts 17:28: "For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said 'We are his offspring.'" See also Titus 1:12. Reading Holy Scripture bears fruit. Reading the classical pagans bears leaves. Reading the ancient Greeks (Homer Plato etc.) helps prepare the soul for Scripture like leaves help a branch bear fruit. https://t.co/iUNYqPipgR Reading Holy Scripture bears fruit. Reading the classical pagans bears leaves. Reading the ancient"
X Link 2025-11-04T15:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I'm a little late to this party but I'd like to think that people are still hungry (for good books of course). As a college prof I'm not convinced that [--] books can replace [--] years in any school (despite the current state of higher ed) but here are my recommendations. [--] books that will teach you more than [--] years of university: https://t.co/jrWHTGvTRo [--] books that will teach you more than [--] years of university: https://t.co/jrWHTGvTRo"
X Link 2025-11-05T17:38Z [----] followers, 210K engagements
"@StevenHiller18 Try eBay It's a great book that very clearly explains a tricky topic"
X Link 2025-11-06T05:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@HughMarkey1 I remember being a little girl wandering around the stacks and never wanting to leave. Cheers"
X Link 2025-11-09T13:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"I see that these are still rolling out so I've decided to pop in and say: This world would be a lovelier place if adults read more children's literature. There are countless others but here are some books that rewire your brain for joy adventure wonder and goodness: This is literally the best book list that rewires your brain for success https://t.co/sLpABcqHj2 This is literally the best book list that rewires your brain for success https://t.co/sLpABcqHj2"
X Link 2025-11-10T23:25Z [----] followers, 63.8K engagements
"I also love reading to my children. I cannot seem to get rid of the books they outgrow. They're so full of memory. Also that is very cool - Book of Virtues is top-notch"
X Link 2025-11-11T03:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@BIODTLine I have my college students read Shel Silverstein. He's brilliant"
X Link 2025-11-11T16:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@SketchesbyBoze 1) Toy Story is fantastic. 2) This post is fantastic"
X Link 2025-11-13T01:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"It cannot be November without Anne (of Green Gables of course). This painting makes me think of her. 🎨 Olga Wisinger-Florian Falling Leaves [----]. https://t.co/Q1lKZ046Qe https://t.co/Q1lKZ046Qe"
X Link 2025-11-13T19:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"As a researcher I study novels that very few have read - novels that AI chatbots know nothing about. So when prompted what do they do Fabricate. I have witnessed them analyze novels that they entirely made up (characters plotlines etc.) and then presented to me as fact. When confronted they admit to making "assumptions" based on a novel title alone. It's simply unacceptable. AI advocates talk about "garbage in garbage out" as if these hiccups and hallucinations are no big deal or as if the users are actually to blame for the program's flaws. And the sad reality is that most people are fine"
X Link 2025-11-14T22:46Z [----] followers, 73K engagements
"It's not uncommon for novelists to write characters and explore themes that are largely opposed to their own beliefs. It's part of experimenting with different ideas and enjoying the many worlds that words can create. With that being said here's a bite-sized overview of literary criticism: New Criticism is a theory that claims we should only be treating literature as literature not as a biographical or historical study (the more traditional way). The idea is that if the novel is successful then the author's thoughts and intentions are irrelevant because the text speaks for itself (through a"
X Link 2025-11-17T19:10Z [----] followers, 10.5K engagements
"@zenahitz I remember a St. John's lecture on the sundial So much knowledge comes out of that place"
X Link 2025-11-17T21:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Black Friday sales have been unleashed. In a frenzy to buy the newest and the best remember that you can gift USED books. because in the book world newest rarely means best. 📖 The definitive English poetry anthology (Quiller-Couch). It's old and it's perfection"
X Link 2025-11-20T21:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@ellelledeell @ChrisKindaReads I know that JASNA has a podcast (the amazing Kathryn Sutherland was just on it). They have groups all over the US and Canada and they've been offering free student memberships through December in honor of Jane's birthday. ♥"
X Link 2025-11-21T04:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Possibly the most beautifully unhinged lines of poetry ever written: "Let us go then you and I When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table" - T. S. Eliot The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 1915"
X Link 2025-11-24T17:50Z [----] followers, 37.3K engagements
"Life is short. it's time to get started on Les Misrables already. life is short it's time you got started on The Brothers K already https://t.co/Q6GmNEX0kJ life is short it's time you got started on The Brothers K already https://t.co/Q6GmNEX0kJ"
X Link 2025-11-25T15:39Z [----] followers, 17.3K engagements
"@megievalist And mud. Always mud"
X Link 2025-11-25T16:05Z [----] followers, 20.1K engagements
""Ink is a deadly drug. One wants to write. I cannot shake off the addiction." - C. S. Lewis in a letter to Martyn Skinner [----]. In honor of Lewis's birthday take time to read. But perhaps more importantly. take time to write"
X Link 2025-11-29T17:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Enjoy this Christmas season by attending the ballet. and reading the book The Nutcracker was originally a German fairy tale entitled The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Nussknacker und Mauseknig) by E.T.A. Hoffmann (1816). Alexandre Dumas wrote an adaptation in [----] The Tale of the Nutcracker which Tchaikovsky transformed into thebeloved ballet The Nutcracker in [----]. 📷 At a local performance"
X Link 2025-11-30T20:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@thesandeep_nair So cool"
X Link 2025-12-01T19:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Many children spend hours on mindless video games. How fantastic would it be if we normalized basing games on classic literature Or if video games could actually get children excited about creating the magic of stories themselves Let's bring back things like Storybook Weaver. Books have largely disappeared from kids' movies & television because showrunners fear alienating kids who don't read. But I promise you: if you write beloved books into your shows if your characters read for pleasure there will be young viewers who fall in love with reading. Books have largely disappeared from kids'"
X Link 2025-12-05T22:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@arealmofwonder Also known as a "boogle" apparently. I will decidedly be using "whutterick-fuffing.""
X Link 2025-12-08T21:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@SketchesbyBoze Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica"
X Link 2025-12-10T01:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@ejpreston I make my college students read Austen. While she wrote in a different era it's often her style that students find engaging. There's a timelessness to her work"
X Link 2025-12-11T23:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@EmmaRSotomayor Same I've had a lifelong affinity for em dashes. And now. it feels as if I've been robbed"
X Link 2025-12-13T05:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Read fairy tales to your children. From an early age these stories prepare them to face the most essential human struggle: the one between good and evil. Teach them to champion the good. In the words of Walt Disney: "Life is composed of lights and shadows and we would be untruthful insincere and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil." 🎨"
X Link 2025-12-15T21:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@thesandeep_nair This is an important point I have the 1st and 3rd (complete) editions of the Grimms' tales which are wonderful. A degree of selectively is always wise especially since every child is different. We've also loved A Child's Book of Stories The Blue Fairy Book etc"
X Link 2025-12-17T00:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"As someone who has taught at both the high school and college level I consider it an unquestionable undervalued truth that avid readers make the most capable students. Why Because readers become thinkers who become well-spoken innovative problem-solvers. How Reading excellent literature: 1) Teaches the art of persuasion 2) Models empathy 3) Cultivates creativity 4) Increases focus 5) Expands vocabulary 6) Reinforces grammar 7) Explains history 8) Encourages critical analysis 9) Communicates timeless wisdom 10) Provides joy and rest Dear parents Most children do not read books anymore. If you"
X Link 2025-12-18T00:18Z [----] followers, 65.4K engagements
"@Chancellorpen Schools need to be asking their students to read whole books instead of mere excerpts. But more importantly parents should be the ones encouraging their children to read. Ideally this encouragement starts at a young age and continues throughout adolescence"
X Link 2025-12-18T02:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@AK__Texas Thank you I've been singing it all week. Merry Christmas"
X Link 2025-12-24T03:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@Rux_Dacoromana 😂 This is why I usually bring my headphones to the coffee shop. If I'm creating (writing) I need immersion. Your art is beautiful by the way"
X Link 2025-12-27T17:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Perhaps an unpopular opinion but not all books are equal. Just because food is good for you that doesn't mean all food is good for you. We understand this. It's no different for books. And like some foods some books belong in the garbage. Life is short. Choose wisely. [--]. These [--] bodice rippers I read this year posts are akin to a dude saying here are the [----] videos I watched on pornhub this year. [--]. A consequence of refusing to acknowledge this and insisting that all reading is equally worthwhile is that people conclude theres no [--]. These [--] bodice rippers I read this year posts are akin to"
X Link 2025-12-29T02:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@wren_and_paper I miss the world of letters. Ink and pen calligraphy and stationery. Wax seals"
X Link 2025-12-29T22:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@SketchesbyBoze I have never seen it but now I need to find it Thanks Boze Also your articles are always a joy to read. "Out of the darkness of a century bedeviled by wolves against the black night of modernity Masefields books continue to ring us home.""
X Link 2025-12-30T01:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@whodamoose @wren_and_paper That is so special. I'm sure they're cherished"
X Link 2025-12-30T03:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I remember the nights my father read my favorite bedtime stories and the evenings my grandmother and I silently devoured mystery novels over mugs of chocolate ice cream. Read to and with your kids. Take the time. Make memories. Raise generations of well-loved well-read people. In a similar way people tell me they refuse to read books to their kids because they find it boring. Im sorry but reading aloud to your kids is both great fun and a core part of parenting. Demonstrating delight in reading is the surest way to raise bookish kids. In a similar way people tell me they refuse to read books"
X Link 2026-01-06T02:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@SketchesbyBoze I'm unabashedly Christian and celebrate Epiphany. It's a Christian holiday"
X Link 2026-01-06T18:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This is how you write an enchantingly complex character. Rochester while Jane rescues him (by dousing him with water as he sleeps amid the flames): 'Is there a flood' he cried. 'In the name of all the elves in Christendom is that Jane Eyre' he demanded. 'What have you done with me witch sorceress Who is in the room besides you Have you plotted to drown me' Rochester after Jane has rescued him: 'I knew' he continued 'you would do me good in some way at some time; - I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you: their expression and smile did not' (again he stopped) 'did not' (he proceeded"
X Link 2026-01-14T22:39Z [----] followers, 32K engagements
"@JoshPhillipsPhD @profjmb Lovely. And replace it with what Colleen Hoover no doubt"
X Link 2026-01-15T02:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"There's no way this isn't a portal into Wonderland. "Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage. and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw." - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The crooked door to this bookshop Canterbury England. https://t.co/kWolOUWaMX The crooked door to this bookshop Canterbury England. https://t.co/kWolOUWaMX"
X Link 2026-01-17T17:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"And this reminds me of Wesley: "It has long passed for a maxim that 'women should be seen not heard' and accordingly many are brought up in such a manner as if they were only designed to be agreeable playthings But is this doing honour to the sex or is it a real kindness to them No; it is the deepest unkindness; it is horrid cruelty I know not how any woman of sense and spirit can submit to it." - Sermon 98: On Visiting the Sick [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012701182901240173 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012701182901240173"
X Link 2026-01-18T01:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@JaycelAdkins Haha I don't know about that but they've definitely been inspired and shaped by Eliot"
X Link 2026-01-19T20:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@JoshPhillipsPhD Nice. I'm about to dive into Andrew Roberts's biography on George III which as an American feels a tiny bit treasonous"
X Link 2026-01-23T01:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Yes we are all equally made in the imago Dei Also I'd love to know what Bible he's reading. Mine in no way equates physical beauty with moral rectitude. In fact Christ the definitive source of true "morality" was not only a friend to the lowly he also willingly made himself lowly (physically materially etc.): "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by mankind a man of suffering and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised and we held him in low esteem." -Isaiah"
X Link 2026-01-26T04:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"This is perhaps tangential but I think the "books can't teach you anything" argument comes from the accurate observation that most modern novels honestly can't teach you anything. Classic literature was consumed with the struggle between good and evil; it obsessed over the question of humanity and its greater purpose; it scrutinized what it means to find true happiness. It was philosophy wrapped in the glory of a very human story. George Eliot knew that. Many modern writers do not. I know some who do but they're bound by the market and feel forced to write what sells. It's time to"
X Link 2026-01-19T20:10Z [----] followers, 88.1K engagements
"Modern publishing is definitely more accessible so I guess it can be argued that there appears to be fewer good books today because they're accompanied by so many bad ones. I don't think that's the problem though. Language was more valued at that time because of its bearing on class and because the written word was the primary form of both entertainment and sociopolitical change. Novel writing (especially by women) was taken seriously for many reasons (too many to name here) but essentially many wrote not only because the novel was a delight to read (or because it was a paycheck) but also"
X Link 2026-01-20T02:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In preparation for the winter storm my kids and I emptied the library shelves. This weekend be safe and read a book. Washington DC is going to be EATING this weekend. 14th street Trader Joes https://t.co/J0wRt6aEIb Washington DC is going to be EATING this weekend. 14th street Trader Joes https://t.co/J0wRt6aEIb"
X Link 2026-01-23T16:38Z [----] followers, 42.9K engagements
"@SamuraiKai1 @AlexAndBooks_ I'll also add that when he's not working he's very physically active which possibly explains why he and many men do better with audiobooks. they don't keep you pinned to a chair"
X Link 2026-01-27T19:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"There are many reasons to love Pride and Prejudice. But one of them should be a deep appreciation for the risk involved. Publishing was not a woman's world. In fact it was considered improper even vulgar for women to write particularly works of an intellectual or sociopolitical kind. And so some used pseudonyms some used their names but they all did one thing: they used the novel form as an opportunity to express not only their art but their ideals. In turn female novelists were able to use their craft to alter public opinion albeit subtly by exposing flaws and proposing improvements for the"
X Link 2026-01-28T20:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@MaeOfFable Yes Family support was huge (emotionally and financially). I also love that many women novelists of the time had husbands who encouraged them to write. ❤"
X Link 2026-01-28T21:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@pdubya62 Yup her novels were published anonymously. although many (including the Prince Regent) knew that Austen was the author"
X Link 2026-01-29T01:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Your enemy is Fear. "Things are breaking up. I don't understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then. people started getting frightened." - Lord of the Flies Another harsh truth: as a society we don't read enough. and it shows. Hit me with the harshest reality truth. https://t.co/fgIWAtqP4u Hit me with the harshest reality truth. https://t.co/fgIWAtqP4u"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@DKThomp This is what happens when you raise an entire generation of children and don't teach them self-discipline. They have absolutely zero tolerance for experiencing any level of discomfort. Sorry but growth is uncomfortable"
X Link 2026-01-31T05:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"It is quiet. Today the ordinary lies hushed and hidden beneath a foot of snow. As the last rays of sunlight pour amber hues over a sheet of white I think of Thomson's "Winter.""
X Link 2026-01-26T22:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@SketchesbyBoze I need this in my life. Time for multiple locations"
X Link 2026-01-29T20:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@ShitpostRock So this is actually one of my favorite Gen Z trends. My oura ring freaks out when I drink and it noticeably affects my sleep so I just don't. It's not good for you"
X Link 2026-01-31T06:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I have several favorite poetry books for children but this is the most comprehensive. It's timeless verse that grows with your child from Stevenson and Milne to Shakespeare and Tennyson. The poems are meant to be memorized. The book also covers the poems' themes and scansion. If you want to elevate reading and your children's future writing bring poetry into your home. Poetry trains the ear to the rhythm cadence and beauty of words. It teaches children that how something sounds matters. Years later youll see this play out in their writing. If you want to elevate reading and your children's"
X Link 2026-02-05T19:42Z [----] followers, 14.8K engagements
"@seatofwisdomopn I think that people sometimes see libraries the way they see churches - as relics of a bygone era. I hope many begin to recognize their value"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Great list For the 1910s Kafka's Metamorphosis and Shaw's Pygmalion (with the "Sequel") come to mind. Technically the first is a novella and the second is a play but they're both so good. Oh and Joyce It has been years since I've read Moby-Dick but it's been discussed so much lately that I'm tempted to reread. Worth it https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020721665055846669 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020721665055846669"
X Link 2026-02-09T04:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Taking this back a bit because the 1790s and 1810s were monumental decades for fiction. 1780s: Burney Cecilia 1790s: Godwin Caleb Williams 1800s: Hamilton The Cottagers of Glenburnie 1810s: Austen Pride and Prejudice 1820s: Scott Ivanhoe (1819/1820) 1830s: Dickens Oliver Twist 1840s: Bront Jane Eyre Also yes they're all British and I make no apology. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020897308557062262 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020897308557062262"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@SketchesbyBoze @agraybee Oh that's wild I had JUST finished talking about the Tower of Babel when I read this comment. The world has gone mad"
X Link 2026-02-11T01:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""I love him. because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of his and mine are the same." - Emily Bront Wuthering Heights Pictured is the dining table where the Bront sisters wrote and shared the pages that still haunt us today. Marked with their ink stains candle burns and an etched "E" for Emily the table is so precious that in [----] the Bront Society received a [------] grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) to keep it from being lost. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018829736353345570 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018829736353345570"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Bitcoin_Teddy I prefer physical books except for when I have to take lots of notes. I find that the physical act of flipping through pages helps me concentrate and promotes immersion"
X Link 2026-02-14T03:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@arealmofwonder Definitely A. I called my daughter "Pigsney" today instead of her usual nickname (Birdy). It's a keeper"
X Link 2026-02-14T19:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Yeats perfectly expresses why AI can never replace artists novelists or poets. Read "Where My Books go" and you'll understand that the human author crafts every word for you to find you to "sing" to you. It's a message from one living soul to another"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:22Z [----] followers, 29.7K engagements
"Queen Victoria writes this in a letter a few days after the passing of her beloved husband Prince Albert. The depth of both her love and her grief is palpable. "My life as a happy one is ended the world is gone for me If I must live on (and I will do nothing to make me worse than I am) it is henceforth for our poor fatherless childrenfor my unhappy country which has lost all in losing himand in only doing what I know and feel he would wish for he is near mehis spirit will guide and inspire me But oh to be cut off in the prime of lifeto see our pure happy quiet domestic life which alone"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In addition to Project Gutenberg the following are also helpful free resources especially for reading classic novels: Standard Ebooks - use to download carefully and aesthetically formatted public-domain classics HathiTrust - use to find and download library-verified scans of some rare texts and historical collections Internet Archive - use to find scans of old out-of-print books Google Books - use to find and download scans of first editions or lesser-known works (use the "Full View" filter) Wikisource - use to access and read public-domain primary sources and historical documents Kindle"
X Link 2025-12-18T22:53Z [----] followers, 270.7K engagements
"More people should know about Project Gutenberg. It makes reading classics so accessible to everyone"
X Link 2025-12-18T11:22Z [----] followers, 1.3M engagements
"Many female novelists writing during the Regency era (and beyond) focused on money. Gaping inequality was a huge issue. So like many Austen was a pragmatist. Her heroines wanted financial security but mostly. they wanted companionship. Love yes. But specifically companionship. At a time of tremendous socioeconomic inequality - for the lower orders and for women - it was the clear desire of many heroines and their novelists to not only be provided for but to use the influence they'd find through marriage to improve the home (and by extension society) both morally and materially. They became"
X Link 2025-10-16T22:00Z [----] followers, 298.5K engagements
"Men assume Pride & Prejudice is a Hallmark romance when the plot is driven by the Bennet sisters fear of starvation because they will be homeless when their father dies. Its a book about money about people and those who dismiss it as saccharine fluff are cheating themselves"
X Link 2025-10-15T21:09Z 247.1K followers, 707.6K engagements
"My father read these to me every night. I spent my childhood pretending to be in Camelot and today I'm a doctoral researcher studying eighteenth-century manuscripts. I now read to my own children every night. Build a legacy of great books. It makes a difference. I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/TxSM18mMVr I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/TxSM18mMVr"
X Link 2025-10-21T22:53Z [----] followers, 90K engagements
"I was indoctrinated at a young age. I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/CIdfXUwkWL I was indoctrinated at a young age. https://t.co/CIdfXUwkWL"
X Link 2025-10-20T20:22Z 120K followers, 1.8M engagements
"I'm a little late to this party but I'd like to think that people are still hungry (for good books of course). As a college prof I'm not convinced that [--] books can replace [--] years in any school (despite the current state of higher ed) but here are my recommendations. [--] books that will teach you more than [--] years of university: https://t.co/jrWHTGvTRo [--] books that will teach you more than [--] years of university: https://t.co/jrWHTGvTRo"
X Link 2025-11-05T17:38Z [----] followers, 210K engagements
"9 books that will teach you more than [--] years of university:"
X Link 2025-11-03T10:26Z 265.1K followers, 1.7M engagements
"As a researcher I study novels that very few have read - novels that AI chatbots know nothing about. So when prompted what do they do Fabricate. I have witnessed them analyze novels that they entirely made up (characters plotlines etc.) and then presented to me as fact. When confronted they admit to making "assumptions" based on a novel title alone. It's simply unacceptable. AI advocates talk about "garbage in garbage out" as if these hiccups and hallucinations are no big deal or as if the users are actually to blame for the program's flaws. And the sad reality is that most people are fine"
X Link 2025-11-14T22:46Z [----] followers, 73K engagements
"ChatGPT tells lies with such strident assurance about literature and philosophy that you have to begin to think part of its programming is to help destroy literature and philosophy"
X Link 2025-11-12T02:01Z 23.7K followers, 78.9K engagements
"I see that these are still rolling out so I've decided to pop in and say: This world would be a lovelier place if adults read more children's literature. There are countless others but here are some books that rewire your brain for joy adventure wonder and goodness: This is literally the best book list that rewires your brain for success https://t.co/sLpABcqHj2 This is literally the best book list that rewires your brain for success https://t.co/sLpABcqHj2"
X Link 2025-11-10T23:25Z [----] followers, 63.8K engagements
"Am I the only one who doesn't "arrange" their bookshelves Every single shelf is maxed out. Every single book is squeezed in stacked high and fighting for its life. While everyone else arranges their shelves by color genre or author arrange yours chronologically. https://t.co/6XTVVBjHJu https://t.co/br4E3G8Kc1 While everyone else arranges their shelves by color genre or author arrange yours chronologically. https://t.co/6XTVVBjHJu https://t.co/br4E3G8Kc1"
X Link 2025-10-29T18:36Z [----] followers, 53.8K engagements
"While everyone else arranges their shelves by color genre or author arrange yours chronologically. https://www.booksoftitans.com/p/the-case-for-the-chronological-bookshelf https://www.booksoftitans.com/p/the-case-for-the-chronological-bookshelf"
X Link 2025-10-28T17:28Z 13.1K followers, 119.2K engagements
"An excellent Boy Books list (almost all feature exclusively male protagonists): [--] ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS [--]. Treasure Island [--]. [-----] Leagues Under the Sea [--]. The Wind in the Willows [--]. Journey to the Center of the Earth [--]. King Arthur (Pyle) [--]. Around the World in [--] Days [--]. The Hobbit [--]. Robinson Crusoe [--]. Call of the Wild [--]. The Hardy Boys Series [--]. https://t.co/61Ob9xtB8F [--] ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS [--]. Treasure Island [--]. [-----] Leagues Under the Sea [--]. The Wind in the Willows [--]. Journey to the Center of the Earth [--]. King Arthur (Pyle) [--]. Around the World in [--] Days [--]. The Hobbit 8."
X Link 2025-10-18T20:43Z [----] followers, 40.9K engagements
"40 ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS [--]. Treasure Island [--]. [-----] Leagues Under the Sea [--]. The Wind in the Willows [--]. Journey to the Center of the Earth [--]. King Arthur (Pyle) [--]. Around the World in [--] Days [--]. The Hobbit [--]. Robinson Crusoe [--]. Call of the Wild [--]. The Hardy Boys Series [--]. The Martian Tales (ER Burroughs) [--]. Ivanhoe [--]. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer [--]. White Fang [--]. The Red Badge of Courage [--]. The Chronicles of Narnia [--]. The Lord of the Rings [--]. Hatchet (Paulsen) [--]. Robin Hood (Pyle) [--]. Horatio Hornblower [--]. My Side of the Mountain [--]. On the Far Side of the Mountain [--]. King"
X Link 2025-10-18T14:17Z 47.2K followers, 157.5K engagements
"Some things that children love to do: 1) Imagine. Give them space to daydream. 2) Read good literature. There are countless book lists. 3) Write a story. Try a kit (Lulu). 4) Learn an instrument. Music regulates emotions. 5) Play chess. It's addicting. 6) Build forts. Embrace the mess. 7) Make art. Buy dollar store supplies. 8) Play outside. Let them befriend peers (and trees). Also do not let your children watch short-form video content. It destroys their ability to enjoy any of the above. Boredom is the new pandemic. I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the"
X Link 2025-11-13T01:16Z [----] followers, 18.1K engagements
"I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the film conveys how screens eat up a child's hobbies interests literacy ability to function socially. I hope it provokes millions of parents to think twice before making the iPad a babysitter. 🚨 The first teaser for TOY STORY [--] has been released. In theaters June [----]. https://t.co/2jITxvCBZ3 🚨 The first teaser for TOY STORY [--] has been released. In theaters June [----]. https://t.co/2jITxvCBZ3"
X Link 2025-11-11T21:59Z 247.1K followers, 12.3M engagements
"@SketchesbyBoze It seems that people call anything "performative" that threatens their self-esteem. Read books in public Maybe it'll inspire someone else to stop the doom scroll"
X Link 2025-10-19T19:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"When this painting was first exhibited in [----] there was an outcry. Even Dickens hated it. The idea of Jesus as a red-headed boy barefoot in the sawdust showing Mother his well-placed wound was. radical. Not only does the painting depict Christ's humanity and divinity but also his simplicity. Love it or hate it John Everett Millais Christ in the House of His Parents 1849-50"
X Link 2025-10-26T13:21Z [----] followers, 16.5K engagements
"Mary Shelley the author of Frankenstein was the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin and the wife of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Part fact and part legend the story goes that while sailing off the Italian coast Shelley steered his schooner into a gathering storm. He died with a volume of Keatss poems in his pocket. His recovered body was doused in wine and burned on the beach but his heart was retrieved from the fire after it refused to burn. Mary Shelley kept that heart in her desk drawer wrapped in silk and in the lines of Adonais her husbands elegy for Keats and his ode to"
X Link 2025-10-30T19:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Happy people set goals. Successful people set goals. Self-discipline is not a chore. It's the path to freedom and fulfillment. Ok. So in order to finish all of these partially complete books before [----] I need to read [---] pages per day. [----] to go I can do this https://t.co/Hc1zG3HTy9 Ok. So in order to finish all of these partially complete books before [----] I need to read [---] pages per day. [----] to go I can do this https://t.co/Hc1zG3HTy9"
X Link 2025-11-09T18:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Ok. So in order to finish all of these partially complete books before [----] I need to read [---] pages per day. [----] to go I can do this"
X Link 2025-11-07T21:57Z [----] followers, 346K engagements
"Cheers to anyone who's ever dreamt of becoming a librarian. Left: Edouard Gelhay Elegant Women in a Library c. 1890s. Right: Carl Spitzweg The Bookworm c. 1850"
X Link 2025-11-08T19:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"My advice is skip Barnes & Noble and go to Library sales. Old books are the best books. Normalize actually reading through a children's book before giving it as a present. Normalize chucking away children's books that are terrible even the ones that were given as a present. Normalize actually reading through a children's book before giving it as a present. Normalize chucking away children's books that are terrible even the ones that were given as a present"
X Link 2025-10-18T23:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Normalize actually reading through a children's book before giving it as a present. Normalize chucking away children's books that are terrible even the ones that were given as a present"
X Link 2025-10-18T20:43Z [----] followers, 47K engagements
"We've reached the point where I get excited to find errors in student essays. At least they tried. And those students I always go out of my way to encourage. The rampant use of AI has robbed so many of the thrill of growing pains and the satisfaction of a job well done. @decadentquill Good thoughts Grusha. These days I'm happy even to see folks writing badly as it means they're making an earnest effort to think and communicate. @decadentquill Good thoughts Grusha. These days I'm happy even to see folks writing badly as it means they're making an earnest effort to think and communicate"
X Link 2025-10-28T00:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@decadentquill Good thoughts Grusha. These days I'm happy even to see folks writing badly as it means they're making an earnest effort to think and communicate"
X Link 2025-10-27T18:00Z 247.1K followers, 13K engagements
"If a classical education was useful to an apostle it can be useful to you too. Paul quoted the Greek poets Epimenides and Aratus in Acts 17:28: "For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said 'We are his offspring.'" See also Titus 1:12. Reading Holy Scripture bears fruit. Reading the classical pagans bears leaves. Reading the ancient Greeks (Homer Plato etc.) helps prepare the soul for Scripture like leaves help a branch bear fruit. https://t.co/iUNYqPipgR Reading Holy Scripture bears fruit. Reading the classical pagans bears leaves. Reading the ancient"
X Link 2025-11-04T15:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Reading Holy Scripture bears fruit. Reading the classical pagans bears leaves. Reading the ancient Greeks (Homer Plato etc.) helps prepare the soul for Scripture like leaves help a branch bear fruit"
X Link 2025-11-04T01:31Z 47.2K followers, 14.1K engagements
"@onalius This is what makes studying literature so complicated but so satisfying"
X Link 2025-10-17T19:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""Non nobis solum nati sumus." Not for ourselves alone are we born. - Cicero De Officiis [----]. Image: Paul Seignac Helping Hands"
X Link 2025-09-08T23:38Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements
"@theemmacasey 😞 May God protect and preserve childhood and the wonder of innocence"
X Link 2025-09-02T21:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""I do not write for children but for the childlike." - George MacDonald "The Fantastic Imagination" [----]. Beatrix Potter once said "I have just made stories to please myself because I never grew up." And I could not relate more. Never lose that sense of childlike wonder. Beatrix Potter once said "I have just made stories to please myself because I never grew up." And I could not relate more. Never lose that sense of childlike wonder"
X Link 2025-10-21T00:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Beatrix Potter once said "I have just made stories to please myself because I never grew up." And I could not relate more. Never lose that sense of childlike wonder"
X Link 2025-10-19T19:23Z 111.2K followers, 19.5K engagements
"Be brave and become transformed. "We have to be braver than we think we can be because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are." - Madeleine L'Engle Walking on Water [----]. 🎨 Rembrandt The Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1633"
X Link 2025-11-12T19:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The dream team. Imagine the possibilities. Im putting together a team. https://t.co/W6WzGKNxHe Im putting together a team. https://t.co/W6WzGKNxHe"
X Link 2025-11-07T23:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Im putting together a team"
X Link 2025-11-07T01:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@allisonmotto 😭 Would love to read it"
X Link 2025-10-17T11:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Normalize scheduling a Reading Day. Once a week - even once a month - pick a day and pick a book. Read the whole thing. Watch how it changes you. You could read Beowulf today. You could just do that. It only takes a couple hours and once you've finished your ears will forever ring with the clamor of battle and the roar of the feasting hall. https://t.co/2fSQNeuKDa You could read Beowulf today. You could just do that. It only takes a couple hours and once you've finished your ears will forever ring with the clamor of battle and the roar of the feasting hall. https://t.co/2fSQNeuKDa"
X Link 2025-11-08T03:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"You could read Beowulf today. You could just do that. It only takes a couple hours and once you've finished your ears will forever ring with the clamor of battle and the roar of the feasting hall"
X Link 2025-11-07T18:49Z 247.1K followers, 145.3K engagements
"Blake also said: "This Angel who is now become a Devil is my particular friend; we often read the Bible together in its infernal or diabolical sense which the world shall have if they behave well." So his religious views were. complicated. Blake was a magnificent poet but kind of a weird dude. This combination of course is not uncommon. Be assur'd Mr. Devil I won't pray to you. William Blake https://t.co/dUW7qnDIko Be assur'd Mr. Devil I won't pray to you. William Blake https://t.co/dUW7qnDIko"
X Link 2025-11-01T21:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Be assur'd Mr. Devil I won't pray to you. William Blake"
X Link 2025-11-01T13:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@shawnWWrites Self-education is powerful but so is proper guidance"
X Link 2025-11-05T23:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@SketchesbyBoze When I worked in DC I used to go and just sit in the Rembrandt room of the National Gallery. Things made more sense there. No one will ever sit and contemplate AI art. Why would they Like you said it's soulless"
X Link 2025-11-12T22:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"That's crazy. although unsurprising. I definitely agree that only subject-area experts can really spot the errors so students use AI thinking that it's oh-so-brilliant. That's one of my major problems with AI. its impact on my students and their learning. I've joined an AI society because I'm trying to do something about it. We have to find a way forward. 😔"
X Link 2025-11-15T01:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Also reminding myself that most of those people have forgotten how to hold a conversation because of their screens. Reminding myself that most of the people I talk to are overstimulated and over-stressed because screens. Reminding myself that most of the people I talk to are overstimulated and over-stressed because screens"
X Link 2025-10-22T00:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Reminding myself that most of the people I talk to are overstimulated and over-stressed because screens"
X Link 2025-10-21T20:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@jacqueboatman The virtual world is full of misattributed quotations. Primary research is a dying skill"
X Link 2025-10-26T04:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@megievalist I married a former Muslim who was raised in a country and culture half-a-world away. It had its challenges. Our mutual love for Jesus is absolutely non-negotiable. It would never work otherwise. ♥"
X Link 2025-10-12T00:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@secretcoran Respect As long as I can pinpoint the general vicinity I'm fine with it. Plus there's something very satisfying about scanning over my books. It's like finding long-lost friends"
X Link 2025-10-30T01:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@pallnandi Utility over humanity. So sad yet so true. I feel like it's only going to get worse with the progress -obsessed AI community"
X Link 2025-08-08T19:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@KerryAtkinson2 Why is there never enough space 😔 I'm a fairly tidy person but man I'm a book hoarder"
X Link 2025-10-30T01:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@megievalist This is too real. Whenever I can find the time I'm baking so my husband must of course be tasting. We just finished off two different kinds of pumpkin bread and the poor guy's not even particularly fond of pumpkin. Enjoy your pie"
X Link 2025-11-11T04:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Just had my students read Alice. It's fantastic (and full of symbolism)"
X Link 2025-10-18T21:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"To me it comes down to this: Man is made in the image of God and AI is made in the image of man. By definition it can only ever be average and unlike us can never harness a divine spark. Why bother writing in a world of AI Because AI cant create it can only regurgitate. Because the very capacity to think and dream will disappear if we cede the arts to machines. Because your brain your words are sacred things and you mustnt let robots steal them from you. Why bother writing in a world of AI Because AI cant create it can only regurgitate. Because the very capacity to think and dream will"
X Link 2025-11-01T23:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Why bother writing in a world of AI Because AI cant create it can only regurgitate. Because the very capacity to think and dream will disappear if we cede the arts to machines. Because your brain your words are sacred things and you mustnt let robots steal them from you. Im terrified of my future as a writer bc of how scarily good ChatGPT is getting. Just read a plot synopsis one of my friends had written polished by ChatGPT & as someone who doesnt use Gen AI at all Im wondering if theres a point to writing when AI keeps getting better Im terrified of my future as a writer bc of how scarily"
X Link 2025-11-01T23:04Z 247.1K followers, 94.4K engagements
"I'm not sure why but I consider the lack of an Oxford comma to be a personal offense. One genuine weakness of LOTR is that Tolkien doesn't use the Oxford Comma. One genuine weakness of LOTR is that Tolkien doesn't use the Oxford Comma"
X Link 2025-10-30T01:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"One genuine weakness of LOTR is that Tolkien doesn't use the Oxford Comma"
X Link 2025-10-29T14:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It cannot be November without Anne (of Green Gables of course). This painting makes me think of her. 🎨 Olga Wisinger-Florian Falling Leaves [----]. https://t.co/Q1lKZ046Qe https://t.co/Q1lKZ046Qe"
X Link 2025-11-13T19:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@ofcrdeonjoseph Blessed beyond measure"
X Link 2025-08-14T20:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@pallnandi The greatest gift a woman can give herself is the skill of seeing things as they truly are. With her eyes wide open she can push herself towards improvement while avoiding convenient blame and popular opinion. Once she can do that she can do anything"
X Link 2025-08-09T22:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@SketchesbyBoze Yes And writing supplies Along with a few books she's been asking for my daughter is getting a stationary set and a customized wax seal stamp. I'm considering throwing in a fountain pen or ink quill. 🤫 Good readers often become good writers and we need more of both"
X Link 2025-11-16T03:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"With family and friends watching the Lorax under the icy November stars and a heap of scratchy blankets. Life is short. Do the good stuff"
X Link 2025-11-16T00:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Obligatory October reading: Drink coffee. Read the classics. #Frankenstein #BooksWorthReading https://t.co/1zTz73C3U0 Drink coffee. Read the classics. #Frankenstein #BooksWorthReading https://t.co/1zTz73C3U0"
X Link 2025-10-16T01:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Drink coffee. Read the classics. #Frankenstein #BooksWorthReading"
X Link 2025-10-15T14:20Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
""Whenever you are fed up with life start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills as I have found out long ago." - C. S. Lewis in a letter to Arthur Greeves [----]. Image: Leonid Pasternak The Passion of Creation 1892"
X Link 2025-09-26T21:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""If you asked twenty good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues nineteen of them would reply Unselfishness. But if you asked almost any of the great Christians of old he would have replied Love. You see what has happened A negative term has been substituted for a positive and this is of more than philological importance. The negative ideal of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others but of going without them ourselves as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point." - C.S. Lewis "The Weight of Glory""
X Link 2025-09-03T19:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The textbook definition of a Good Problem: Anyone else get to the level where your bookshelves are full plus the top plus the extra table you placed next to it 😅 Might need a trip to ikea 📚 https://t.co/I2lIwGvzpz Anyone else get to the level where your bookshelves are full plus the top plus the extra table you placed next to it 😅 Might need a trip to ikea 📚 https://t.co/I2lIwGvzpz"
X Link 2025-11-06T18:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Anyone else get to the level where your bookshelves are full plus the top plus the extra table you placed next to it 😅 Might need a trip to ikea 📚"
X Link 2025-11-06T17:00Z 15.2K followers, 25.2K engagements
""What will you gain if you own the whole world but destroy yourself What would you give to get back your soul" - Matthew 16:26 CEV #AnEmpireOfDirt Image: Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Tower of Babel 1563"
X Link 2025-09-07T22:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Today my pile of papers stack of books and quantity of emails is unconscionable. Its easy to feel too rushed too stretched too small. My life is filled with gratitude and joy but sometimes a soul needs slow and simple. My children grow taller every day. The autumn leaves are falling without me. Ive forgotten my mothers favorite recipe for apple cake. I leave you with a poem because sometimes poetry is that long sweet breath we all forget to take"
X Link 2025-10-24T21:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Say hello to "October." Beautiful isn't it - James Tissot October [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974921961458561472 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974921961458561472"
X Link 2025-10-05T19:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""If you can mock a leek you can eat a leek." - Shakespeare Henry V c. [----]. Yes this is a real Shakespeare quotation and it's not just about leeks. In the face of ridicule the line insists on dignity and respect. for yourself and where you come from. Image: Portrait of English king Henry V by an unknown artist"
X Link 2025-09-06T20:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Little Alice being too relatable: "She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it)." - Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1865"
X Link 2025-08-27T18:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"My hot take: You don't necessarily need to reread a book. What you do need to do is take notes while you're reading it. It might not be the most thrilling exercise but annotate your texts and you'll thank me later. You probably read too much already its rereading that deserves more of your time. https://t.co/iOUhWSAkjR You probably read too much already its rereading that deserves more of your time. https://t.co/iOUhWSAkjR"
X Link 2025-11-03T22:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"You probably read too much already its rereading that deserves more of your time"
X Link 2025-11-02T16:26Z 162.6K followers, 127.9K engagements
"@bernardtjoy Where is he from Sadly certain regions of the US have terrible public schools"
X Link 2025-08-15T21:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Virginia Woolf wrote standing up. James Joyce wrote lying down. I've started writing in the dark. Find your space. Find your rhythm. And write. Photograph of Aldous Huxley c. 1934"
X Link 2025-10-26T01:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""Beware; for I am fearless and therefore powerful." - Mary Shelley Frankenstein [----]. Image: Rosa Bonheur A Stag 1893"
X Link 2025-10-21T00:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Truth should never stay silent. "The greatest triumphs of propaganda have been accomplished not by doing something but by refraining from doing. Great is the truth but still greater from a practical point of view is silence about truth." - Aldous Huxley Brave New World [----]. Image of Einstein's Desk on the day he died (by Ralph Morse 1955)"
X Link 2025-11-06T22:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""There are years that ask questions and years that answer." Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God [----]. Image: Franz Marc Tyrol 1914"
X Link 2025-09-05T17:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I go to Oxford. I want to start by saying: Do not let the actions of others stop you from doing what you want to do. Now while I definitely wouldn't have worn this it seems that he's trying to make Oxford more accessible and less elitist. I agree with him there. Celebrating Charlie Kirk's death A different matter altogether"
X Link 2025-09-15T17:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Share some books that God sent you - books that He used to change your heart your mindset or your path. I'll start: Self-Control (Mary Brunton) Les Misrables (Victor Hugo) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Have you noticed how God so often sends us books at just the right time - C.S. Lewis https://t.co/PZqrX1WZfg Have you noticed how God so often sends us books at just the right time - C.S. Lewis https://t.co/PZqrX1WZfg"
X Link 2025-10-13T19:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Have you noticed how God so often sends us books at just the right time - C.S. Lewis"
X Link 2025-10-12T20:36Z 61.6K followers, 31.9K engagements
"Beauty is on the horizon. "For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison." - [--] Cor. 4:17 a little lifesaver from Langston Hughes https://t.co/Wic4FBLxS1 a little lifesaver from Langston Hughes https://t.co/Wic4FBLxS1"
X Link 2025-10-29T01:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"a little lifesaver from Langston Hughes"
X Link 2025-10-28T15:11Z 94.6K followers, 50.2K engagements
""I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will." - Charlotte Bront Jane Eyre [----]. Image: Broncia Koller-Pinell Young Woman in Front of a Bird Cage c. 1907"
X Link 2025-10-01T02:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I'm wondering how common it is for academics in the humanities (particularly English) to write fiction on the side. Anyone working on a book Image is of me drinking an espresso in the Lamb and Flag frequented by J.R.R.Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. two academics known for their fiction"
X Link 2025-08-29T19:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Just out here tryna save classic literature from cultural extinction. Anyone else My alter ego: A Literal Literary Hero"
X Link 2025-09-03T21:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"It's not uncommon for novelists to write characters and explore themes that are largely opposed to their own beliefs. It's part of experimenting with different ideas and enjoying the many worlds that words can create. With that being said here's a bite-sized overview of literary criticism: New Criticism is a theory that claims we should only be treating literature as literature not as a biographical or historical study (the more traditional way). The idea is that if the novel is successful then the author's thoughts and intentions are irrelevant because the text speaks for itself (through a"
X Link 2025-11-17T19:10Z [----] followers, 10.5K engagements
"Genuine Question: Do you guys read novels to find out what the author thinks"
X Link 2025-11-17T02:25Z [----] followers, 15.8K engagements
"Christianity should never be threatened by ideas. Jesus certainly wasn't. We are told to think on "whatever is true whatever is noble whatever is right whatever is pure whatever is lovely whatever is admirable." If that doesn't qualify a classical education then I don't know what does. ❤"
X Link 2025-11-04T17:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@mostly_rts Gah He wrote the preface and did some editing. He absolutely did not write it"
X Link 2025-11-09T13:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@JoshPhillipsPhD This is the case with the men in my life including my young son. He wants to read stories about heroes so that he can learn to become one"
X Link 2025-10-30T18:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea." - Jane Austen Mansfield Park [----]. Translation: In a world of ceaseless striving and tiresome toadying I'll take care of myself thank you. Image: Mary Cassatt The Cup of Tea 1880-81"
X Link 2025-09-23T01:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Can confirm. 📚🤓 my kid wants to stay up after bedtime looking at books with a flashlight but i of course put a stop to it right away because that sort of behavior is a one way street to a phd in the humanities my kid wants to stay up after bedtime looking at books with a flashlight but i of course put a stop to it right away because that sort of behavior is a one way street to a phd in the humanities"
X Link 2025-10-19T02:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"my kid wants to stay up after bedtime looking at books with a flashlight but i of course put a stop to it right away because that sort of behavior is a one way street to a phd in the humanities"
X Link 2025-10-15T00:31Z 21.4K followers, 214.6K engagements
"Jekyll and Hyde is one of my favorites. I've always enjoyed using it to discuss the nature of good and evil with my students. I'm looking forward to reading this"
X Link 2025-11-13T16:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
""For he that does good having the unlimited power to do evil deserves praise not only for the good which he performs but for the evil which he forbears." - Walter Scott Ivanhoe: A Romance [----]. Image: Peter Paul Rubens Saint George and the Dragon c. 1605-07"
X Link 2025-11-01T00:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@SketchesbyBoze "Evil" is the perfect word for it. I must admit that seeing all the outrage gives me courage and hope"
X Link 2025-11-15T02:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"PSA: Newest GPT model will "allow even more like erotica for verified adults." Is there not enough garbage in this world that you have to go out of your way to create more God help us. 😡 We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less"
X Link 2025-10-14T21:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
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